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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17.12.2014

Kirillo-Belozersky Museum-Reserve congratulated History Department of Vologda State University on 80th anniversary

The Department of History of Vologda State University celebrated the 80^th anniversary of its foundation. A festive event marking this date was held in the Vologda Drama Theatre. A number of employees of the Kirillo-Belozersky Museum-Reserve studied at this department. A congratulatory address was given to its students and teachers on behalf of the museum staff.

The Department of History was founded in the Teachers’ Training Institute of the Northern Krai in 1934. It was united with the Literary Department in the early 1950s and was renamed into the Department of History and Soviet Law in the 1980s. At present there are three specialties: “History and Law”, “History”, and “Business Management”.

The list of its graduates includes specialists in the sphere of education, culture, and science, politicians, local historians, law enforcement officials, journalists, sociologists, deputies, officials, heads of the authorities, including departments of the regional government and heads of the districts of the Vologda region.

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