Visitors of the exhibition in the parvis of the Refectory can see unique articles – two hunting bear-spears of the 19th century. They probably belonged to Grand Duke Vladimir Alexandrovich of Russia, third son of Emperor Alexander II.
These items come from the collection of Mikhail Ivanovich Kurilko (1880-1969), famous artist, stage designer, professor of the St. Petersburg Academy of Arts, art director of the Bolshoi Theater (1924-1928), head of the theatre workshop in Moscow State Academic Art Institute named after V.I. Surikov (1948-1960), Honoured Art Worker of the RSFSR (since 1955). One of his passions was to collect articles of Russian every day life of the 17th – 18th centuries. According to the recollections of his family members, Mikhail Kurilko accompanied the Grand Duke in his trips to the Kirillo-Belozersky Monastery.
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Detailed information about the hunting bear-spears of the 19th century can be found in the article of T.S. Zolotova, head of the Section of Scientific and Storage Documentation in the Research and Storage Department: http://www.kirmuseum.ru/issue/article.php?ID=235073
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