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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.
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.
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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27.11.2014

Perm hosted the Second All-Russian Philatelic Literature Exhibition “Litfila 2014”. The goal of this event is to demonstrate achievements in the sphere of philatelic literature. The exhibition was held on a competitive basis for the first time. Over 120 applications for participation were sent from 30 Russian cities and countries that had Russian philately: Ukraine, Belarus, Israel, the USA, Germany, Switzerland, and England.

The album “The District Town of Kirillov and its Outskirts on the Postcards of the Early 20th century” became one of the exhibits at the event. This edition was prepared by the Kirillo-Belozersky Museum-Reserve and was published in Moscow in 2002. The book contains over 60 pictures and texts in Russian and English. According to the results of the Litfila 2014, Ilya Smirnov, author of the album, was awarded the Diploma for “the exhibit of literary class”.