Novokhopersk Local History Museum
The Novokhopersk Local History Museum is located in the center of the city in a two-story old mansion built in 1870. Originally, it was a residential house heated by a single fireplace in the basement. The warm air first…
Mokrin Bridge
An amazing place in Russia: Mokrin Railway Bridge
The Mokrin Railway Bridge over the Utka River in Chuvashia was built in the early 20th century. It once connected Moscow and Kazan, but is now in disrepair. In photograp…
Museum of Military History of the Privolzhsky Military District in Samara
The Samara Military Historical Museum of the Privolzhsky-Ural Military District, previously known as the Museum of the History of the Troops of the Privolzhsky Military District, was opened on April 15, 1975, on the eve …
Khokhol Museum of Folk Art and Crafts 'Masters'
The House-Museum of Folk Art 'Masters' is located opposite the Victory Park in the village of Khokhol. It is a true wooden hut with carved elements on the windows, cornice, and gates.
The museum was opened in 1985 at th…
Museum and Exhibition Center 'Samara Space' in Samara
The Museum and Exhibition Center 'Samara Space' is one of the youngest museums in Samara. Its official opening took place on April 12, 2001, in the year of the 45th anniversary of Samara's space engineering.
In its very…
Tolyatti Local History Museum
The history of the main municipal museum in Tolyatti began in 1962 with the directive of the Executive Committee of the Kuibyshev Regional Council of Workers' Deputies dated March 29 to relocate the local history museum …
Samara Literary and Memorial Museum of M. Gorky
The Literary and Memorial Museum named after M. Gorky in Samara opened on June 18, 1941, in a house on Razin Street, 126, where Gorky lived from May to December 1895. The museum is now located on Frunze Street, in the es…
Museum of the History of the Usolye Region named after I.N. Ulyanov
The museum began its work on September 12, 1986, in the building of the former three-year exemplary school named after I.N. Ulyanov. Initially, it was conceived as a museum of public education, and its collection include…
Tolyatti Art Museum
The Tolyatti Art Museum, originally known as the Tolyatti Picture Gallery, opened its doors in 1987. It is located on the first floor of a modern residential building constructed in the 1970s.
Since its founding, the mu…
Historical and Local History Museum in the Village of Koshki
The museum was founded on April 1, 1989, on a voluntary basis, and its daily management was entrusted to the culture department. The first director was Nikolai Filippovich Kiryano, a history teacher who had a deep knowle…
