Russians in Colombia
The Russian diaspora in Colombia exists, but it is small and divided into four groups. The first group consists of older people, mainly the wives of those who once came from Colombia to the USSR for education and found l…
Monument to Famous VGIK Alumni
On September 1, 2009, a monument was installed at the VGIK building in honor of three famous graduates of the institute: Vasily Makарович Shukshin, Andrei Arsenyevich Tarkovsky, and Gennady Fedorovich Shpalikov. This eve…
Egor Prokudin and Other Wooden Sculptures in the 'Village of Oddities' Park
The film 'Kalina Krasnaya' has long been a favorite among viewers, watched by entire families for many years. Therefore, the appearance of the wooden sculpture of Egor Prokudin in the village of Srostki, where Vasily Shu…
Decembrists Museum in Irkutsk
The museum's collection began to form in 1925, when an exhibition dedicated to the Decembrists was created at the Irkutsk Museum of Revolution for the 100th anniversary of the uprising on Senate Square. Since then, the c…
Irkutsk Regional Local History Museum
The museum was founded in 1782 thanks to funds collected by the governor of the Irkutsk province, F. N. Klichka, among local nobles and merchants.
The initiators of the museum and library's creation were Academy of Scie…
Angara Village
The Architectural and Ethnographic Museum "Angara Village" was founded in 1979 and is located 12 km from the center of Bratsk, in the green zone of the city. It includes two sectors: Evenki and Russian.
The Evenki secto…
Krasnoyarsk Art Museum Named After V.I. Surikov
The history of the museum begins in 1921, when an art department named after V.I. Surikov was created based on a collection of artworks that had been stored since the late 19th century in the City Museum (now the Krasnoy…
Krasnoyarsk Regional Museum
The museum opened on February 12, 1889, thanks to the efforts of Innokenty Alexeyevich Matveev and his wife Yulia Petrovna Matveeva, the daughter of merchant Pyotr Ivanovich Kuznetsov. They were representatives of the lo…
Vasily Shukshin Museum in Srostki
In 1978, a museum was opened in the village of Srostki in the house where the famous Russian actor, director, and writer Vasily Makarovich Shukshin was born and spent his childhood. In 1999, this museum complex was grant…
Vasily Shukshin's House in Moscow
In the last two years of his life, the outstanding Russian actor, film director, and writer Vasily Makarovich Shukshin lived at 5 Bochkov Street. During this period, he performed his most famous roles, including his role…
