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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21.03.2015

Genealogy was discussed in Kirillov

The Interdistrict Local History Readings were held in the Central District Library of Kirillov. Their subject was “Genealogy as Part of Traditional Folk Culture”. L.I. Glysina, research officer of the Scientific Department in the Kirillo-Belozersky Museum-Reserve, participated in the event and gave a report about the family tree of the Tserkovnitskys.

“There are few contemporaries who know the family tree further than great-grandparents. Konstantin Sergeevich Tserkovnitsky who drew the scheme “Family Tree of the Tserkovnitskys” knew his origins from the 17^th century. He represented the ninth generation of his family originating from priest Vasily who had served in the village of Tserkovnoye near Vologda. The family surname was derived from the name of the village”, reported L.I. Glysina.

The Tserkovnitskys hold a special place in the history of Kirillov. Representatives of this family lived in the same house for over 100 years. Its last owner Tatiana Tserkovnitskaya willed the building to the Kirillo-Belozersky Museum-Reserve.

Other reports of the readings were also connected with genealogy of different families from the Kirillov and the Vashki districts. The speakers shared personal experience of the research of family trees. Y.V. Udalkina, head of the Archives Department in the Kirillov District Administration, told the participants how people should form inquiries to the archive. V.N. Leskova, head of

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