User:FFF35fff25/Kalyazinsky Museum of Local history named after I.F. Nikolsky

Kalyazinsky Museum of Local history named after I.F. Nikolsky – is a museum dedicated to the history of the town of Kalyazin in the Tver region, as well as the church history and life of landowners and merchants of Kalyazinsky district.

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History of creating museum
The opening of the museum in Kalyazin took place in the autumn of 1920. The first expositions were opened on the territory of the Trinity Kalyazin First-class monastery. The founder of the museum and its permanent head for 52 years was Ivan Fedorovich Nikolsky (1898-1979).

Exposition
The main collection of the museum in 1920 — "monuments of antiquity", kept in the monastery, collections of icons, clothing of clergymen, library, church utensils. In 1923, 340 exhibits of the church department, 200 exhibits of the art department, 425 manuscripts and 50 items of prehistoric archeology were listed in the inventory in the museum. Epiphany Church — in 1935, the monastery fell into a flood zone and was dismantled by 1940. The museum was moved to the Epiphany Church (1781) in the Zarechenskaya part of the city (Svistukha).

In the 1950s, the museum's collection consisted of 8,300 exhibits.

In 1960, the museum was visited by the first tourists from the cruise ship "Railwayman".

In 1977, the museum became a part of the Kalinin Association of Museums of the region (now the Tver State United Museum).

In 1992, the opening of the current exhibition.

The museum has departments:

- Archaeological; - Monastic;

- The history of the city and county of the XVIII-XX centuries.;

- History of the Church of the Epiphany;

- landowners and merchants of Kalyazinsky district;

- soviet period;

- The Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945;

The museum's collection by 2020 is 21455 exhibits. The museum is open to a wide range of visitors, there are unique opportunities for dialogue between various cultural groups and professional communities, which helps to study Russian history on the example of a single territory.

Literature

 * 1) Суворов Н.А. Калязин. Страницы истории: путеводитель по городу и району. – Калязин; Кимры: Кимр. тип., 2000. – 182 с.
 * 2) Леонтьев Я.В. Калязинская хрестоматия: город и люди в художественной литературе, письмах, мемуарах, дневниках и документах. – М.: [б.и.], 2002. – 84 с.: ил.
 * 3) Калязин // Города и районы Калининской области: (Крат. очерки). – М., 1978. – С. 231-250.
 * 4) Калязин // Тверская область: энцикл. справ. – Тверь, 2000. – С. 117-132.
 * 5) Калязин. История // www.zolotoe-koltso.ru/goroda_new/kalyazin/kalyazin_about.php.
 * 6) Беллюстин И. С. Записка о городе Калязине // Архив исторических и практических сведений, относящихся до России. СПб., 1861 Кн. 2 Отд. 3.
 * 7) Павел (Крылов), иеромонах. Троицкий Калязин первоклассный мужской монастырь. Калязин, 1897 Тверь, 2002.
 * 8) Виктор, инок. Житие преподобного и богоносного отца нашего Макария Калязинского чудотворца. 4-е изд. Тверь, 1903.
 * 9) Крылов Л. И. Материалы для истории церквей и монастырей г. Калязина и сел Калязинского уезда. Калязин, 1908.
 * 10) Никольский И. Ф. Калязинские кружева. Очерк кружевного плетения в городе Калязине в прошлом и настоящем. Кашин, 1929.
 * 11) Крушельницкая Е. В. Записка о Макарии Калязинском // Труды Отдела древнерусской литературы. СПб., 1993 Т. 46.
 * 12) Города Тверской области. Историко-архитектурные очерки (XI – начало XX в.). СПб., 2000 Вып. 1.

Links

 * 1) The official page of the museum on the website of the Tver State United Museum
 * 2) The official page of the museum on the website of the Tourist portal of the Tver region
 * 3) The official page of the museum on the website "PRO.Culture.RF"
 * 4) The official page of the museum on the website "Museums of Russia"