History of the region based on the materials of archeological excavations” is being opened on the lowest floor of the Church of the Presentation of the Virgin in the Temple with the refectory. It is the first full exhibition representing archaeology of the Belozersk district in the Vologda Region. Materials of the monastery archeology are displayed for the first time in our region. More than 4000 archeological objects dating back to different chronological periods are represented there: from the Mesolithic period (9000 B.C.) till the late Middle Ages.

Monk’s cell

At the end of the 20th – early 21st century considerable restoration work has been carried out in the Kirillo-Belozersky museum-reserve. Museumfication of the monuments is being realized at the same time. One of the most interesting architectural buildings of the Kirillo-Belozersky monastery is the Monks’ cells. In the process of its restoration architects and restorers managed to discover complicated structure of this dwelling house of the 17th-19th centuries.

Folk art of the Belozersk district

Exhibitions dedicated to the folk applied art and handicrafts of the Belozersk district are placed in the spacious vaulted chambers of the monastery cook-house of the 16th century. An important place is occupied by wood-carving, ceramics, peasant embroidery, weaving, lace-making and a folk female costume of the 19th-early 20th centuries.

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21.04.2014

They spoke about Ferapontov Monastery at Likhachyov Institute

The fourth lecture on the ensemble of the Ferapontov Monastery was given in the Russian Science and Research Institute of Cultural and Natural Heritage named after D.S. Likhachyov within the framework of the Year of Culture.

The lecture was about the extant example of the Orthodox monastery complex of the 15^th-17^th centuries – the period of consolidation of positions and expansion of influence of the Moscow Principality. The listeners got acquainted with the originality of the complex and learnt about the unique fresco painting of the outstanding icon-painter Dionisy the Wise in the Nativity of the Virgin Cathedral of the Ferapontov Monastery. It has come down to us full and intact.

The documentary about the architectural ensemble of the Ferapontov Monastery was presented at the event. The report was given by Elena Nikolaevna Shelkova, chief curator of the holdings of the Nativity of the Virgin Cathedral, specialist with more than 30-year experience of museum work.

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