In 1898, Sofia Vassilyevna Kokoulina moved from Irkutsk to St. Petersburg to enrol in the conservatory. In 1902, Dmitri Boleslavovich Shostakovich began working as senior verification officer at the Chamber of Measures and Weights in St. Petersburg. On 12 February 1903, D.B. Shostakovich and S.V. Kokoulina were married. On 12 November 1903, their daughter Maria was born, and on 25 September 1906, their son Dimitri (this was how his name was entered in the register).
D.B.Shostakovich. 1903.
S.V.Kokoulina (Shostakovich). 1903.
Sofia Vassilyevna and Dmitri Boleslavovich. 1906-1907.
Maria and Dmitri. 1907.
January 1. Petersburg. D. B. Shostakovich is awarded the Order of St. Stanislav, 3rd degree, for his impeccable five-year service as the head of the 1st verification tent at the Main Chamber of Weights and Measures, which he signed in the "Record of payment of the fee for the bestowed order" on April 30.
August. Petersburg. The Shostakoviches move to Podolskaya St., Building 2, Apt. 16.
September 12. Petersburg. D. B. and S. V. Shostakovich have a son, Dmitry (Dmitry), which is recorded in the register of births of the Petrograd Spiritual Consistory.
September 26. Petersburg. On the day of remembrance of the Apostle John the Theologian, the sacrament of baptism of the Shostakoviches' son takes place. Initially, the parents wanted to name their son Yaroslav, but at baptism he received the name Dmitry (Dimitri). The baptism ceremony was performed by the rector of the house church of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker at the House of Charity and Crafts Education for Poor Children of Tsarevich Nicholas, Archpriest Vissarion Nekrasov, and the psalm-reader Nikolai Veltishchev. The godparents were the mining engineer P. I. Polevoy and the widow of a state councilor, the writer K. V. Lukashevich-Khmyznikova. The location of the baptism ceremony has not been precisely established. It could have taken place in the Church of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker. According to the memoirs of N. V. Galli-Shohat, the baptism ceremony took place in the Shostakovichs' apartment.“I was born on Septermber 25, 1906 in Leningrad into the family of Dmitrii Boleslavovich Shostakovich, Chief Inspector at the Board of Weights and Measures.”