Museum-Factory of Black Metallurgy History in Nizhny Tagil
The Nizhny Tagil Ironworks was founded in 1725 by the Demidov dynasty and included a full cycle of metal production: from the preparation of iron ore and charcoal to the smelting of cast iron, iron, and copper. The facto…
Artemovsk Historical Museum
The Artemovsk City Historical Museum was founded in 1967 and opened its doors to visitors in 1969. Its first director was Ivan Ivanovich Antropov. In 1978, a significant second phase in the museum's history began, associ…
Nizhny Tagil Municipal Museum of Fine Arts
The Museum of Fine Arts in Nizhny Tagil is located in three historical buildings in the city center. The main building, constructed in 1865 in merchant style, belonged to the Tagil merchant P. T. Aksyonov. It houses the …
Sverdlovsk Regional Local History Museum in Yekaterinburg
The museum was founded on December 29, 1870, when the Ural Society of Naturalists (USN) opened in Yekaterinburg. The initiator of the society's creation was French language teacher Onisim Egorovich Kler. Initially, the s…
Literary Museum of Stepan Shchipachev in Bogdanovich
The Literary Museum of Stepan Shchipachev in Bogdanovich was established in the late 20th century and is the only one in the Sverdlovsk region dedicated to poetry. Its collections hold personal belongings, documents, pho…
Museum of the History of Tray-Making "House of Khudoyarovs" in Nizhny Tagil
Before the 1917 revolution, the building that now houses the museum belonged to the family of Ural artists Khudoyarovs. In 1982, the house was moved from Gorky Street, previously known as Beregovaya, to the territory of …
Museum of Architecture and Design UrGAKhU in Yekaterinburg
The Museum of Architecture and Design UrGAKhU attracts visitors with its impressive interior, exhibitions of outstanding masters and artists of the city, as well as a unique composition of Ural buildings.
Established in…
F. M. Reshetnikov Museum in Yekaterinburg
The museum is dedicated to the life and work of Ural writer and populist Fyodor Mikhailovich Reshetnikov, one of the outstanding literati of the mid-19th century. He is known for his works such as the novella "Podlipovts…
Inkermań St. Clement's Cave Monastery
The main premises of the monastery, carved into the caves, are located on the western cliff of the Monastery Rock, on the plateau of which the ruins of the medieval fortress Kalamita, founded in the 6th century, have bee…
Chelyabinsk Elevator: One of Russia's Ugliest Buildings
In 2014, the Chelyabinsk elevator was ranked among the three ugliest buildings in Russia, and it still holds this dubious title today. It is hard to believe, but once this structure was the pride of the city. The need fo…
