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, photographs, and literary publications of the famous Soviet lyric poet Stepan Petrovich Shchipachev, who participated in the Civil and Great Patriotic Wars and was born in the Bogdanovich district. The museum's collection includes over 6,500 exhibits, including the poet's library with books from his contemporaries featuring dedications, a collection of artistic miniatures, portraits of poets and writers, works by Moscow graphic artist Nikolai Kalita, as well as a significant portion of the archive of Ural graphic artist and front-line soldier Valentin Fyodorovich Vasilyev.
Only in Bogdanovich can one see the unique collection of miniature watercolors by Valentin Vasilyev for A. S. Pushkin's novel "Eugene Onegin." Visitors can take a tour of the main exhibition "Path to Poetry" and peek into Stepan Shchipachev's study, where the atmosphere of his creative laboratory in Peredelkino has been recreated. Among the exhibits are rarities from the 1960s, donated to the museum by Valentina Nikolaevna Shchipacheva, the poet's widow, who hails from Verkh-Neyvinsk.
In the museum's lounge, new exhibitions open monthly, featuring talented artists, craftsmen, and photographers. It is a meeting place where author programs by local poets, literary evenings, and poetry tournaments take place. The museum is frequently visited by members of writers' unions from the Ural region.
Every year on June 6, the birthday of A. S. Pushkin, the museum hosts the Pushkin Marathon. The museum is also the initiator of the folklore holiday "Kashin's Round Dance," which takes place at the Stone of Two Rings, established in memory of the marriage of P. P. Bazhov and V. A. Ivanitskaya in 1911. This holiday is celebrated on July 8, on the Day of Family, Love, and Fidelity.
Visitors to the city can purchase books of poems by Stepan Shchipachev, collections of works by local poets, and paintings by local artists.
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