 Gennin was the author of the book "Description of Ural and Siberian factories", where for the first time he gives the geographical and historical description of the Perm Krai, including the Yagoshikhinskiy, Pyskorskiy and Suksunstiy factories with drawings.In 2012 the German photographer Thomas Kellner travelled to Russia on behalf of RWE to work in Ekaterinburg and Perm to photograph industrial architecture ("Genius Loci") as both cities were founded by Georg Wilhelm de Gennin.The factories he founded processed steel and metal.