The Lenin Museum in Ufa is a historical and memorial museum located in the city center near the National Youth Theater. It was established under the guidance of Nadezhda Krupskaya, the wife of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin, and is situated in the Kirov district, where Lenin visited in the early 20th century.
During one of his visits in June 1900, Lenin stayed in a house rented by his wife. He lived there for three weeks. Although the museum itself is located nearby, its interiors carefully recreate the atmosphere of that era, and the exhibits tell the story of Lenin's life and revolutionary activities.
Renovation work lasted from 1938 to 1941 under the direction of G. Adamovich and the supervision of Krupskaya. In 1941, the museum opened its doors to visitors. During the Soviet era, it was very popular: over 12,000 people visited in three months, and in total, more than 4 million, including guests from 87 countries. The museum also hosted ceremonial receptions for schoolchildren joining the Pioneers.
In the 1980s, a memorial square was created next to the house, designed by architects M. P. Mazin and Yu. A. Patskov, where part of pre-revolutionary Ufa was recreated. However, in 2002, this memorial complex was demolished, and an elite residential complex was built in its place.
The museum is a cultural and historical heritage site and is protected by the state. Its collections include over 5,000 exhibits, including household items, manuscripts, photographs, documents, and personal belongings of Lenin and Krupskaya. On the second floor of the mansion is the room where Lenin lived. Among the unique exhibits is an original suitcase with a false bottom and a copy of the newspaper "Iskra" published in Ufa.
Particular value is placed on Krupskaya's clock, donated to the museum in 1938, as well as the clothing from the last years of her life, received from the Central Museum of V. I. Lenin in 1969.
The museum's exhibition is divided into several halls. The first hall is dedicated to Lenin's arrival in Ufa in 1900 and includes paintings, a model of the steamboat "Ost," a model of the railway station, and handwritten letters. The second hall tells about Lenin's meetings with social democrats and the creation of the newspaper "Iskra." Here, there is also the suitcase with a false bottom and furniture from that era. The third hall is used for temporary exhibitions.
On the second floor, in the mezzanine, is Lenin and his wife's room, where the setting of the early 20th century is recreated with furniture and household items from that time.
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