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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12.05.2015

Voices of winners could be heard in museum on May 9

Visitors of the Kirillo-Belozersky Museum-Reserve could listen to the voices of those people thanks to whom the Great Patriotic War had ended in complete defeat for the Nazi Germany 70 years ago. People came to the conference hall of the museum during the whole day.

They learnt about the contribution of the residents (natives) of Kirillov and the Kirillov district from different points of view. Participants of combat actions spoke about their front-line everyday life. Homefront workers remembered those days that were full of hard work and expectation of news from their relatives and children born in the wartime – about very difficult first years of their lives. People could listen to the audio recordings and see the video of the museum archive on that day.

For example, visitors could listen to the recollections of Lidia Alexandrovna Mukhina, daughter of Hero of the Soviet Union Alexander Makarovich Lelekov. At present she lives in Murom of the Vladimir region. Lidia Mukhina visited Kirillov together with her relatives and came to the museum on the eve of Victory Day. Her father Alexander Lelekov participated in the Winter War of 1939-1940. At the beginning of the Great Patriotic War, he was given a one-year draft deferment as a multi-skilled machine-operator; therefore he was mobilized in summer 1942. Alexander Lelekov was given a lot of awards. In 1944, he was given the title of the Hero of the Soviet Union. One of the streets in Kirillov is named after the brave fellow-townsman.

The materials presented on a large screen on Victory Day can be found in a special section of the museum website: http://www.kirmuseum.ru/pobeditely. It includes recollections of 65 natives and residents of the Kirillov district: 37 participants of the war and 28 homefront workers and children born in the wartime. A separate page tells about every person. It contains biographical background, audio recordings and photos of different years.

Other events marking the 70^th anniversary of the victory in the Great Patriotic War:

First Russian and Chinese Festival of Russian Song

“Night at the Museum” in Kirillov. Program “Echoes of War”

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The project is implemented within the programme of support for fine arts museums in the provinces of Russia "Museums of the Russian North" supported by "Severstal" PLC and "CAF" (Charities Aid Foundation)