Декабристы в Кургане

The history of the Decembrists Museum is connected with the name of Mikhail Mikhailovich Naryshkin. He came to Kurgan with his wife in 1832. They bought and rebuilt one of the richest houses of the town. In the 1830s the house of Naryshkin became the center of public life of the town.

The Museum was opened in 1975. Before the opening of the Museum a lot of research and collecting work was carried out. The descendants of the Decembrists gave to the Museum books, original photos and personal things. In 1979-93 a unique collection of household items from the family of Naryshkin's descendants (noble clothes, dishes, table and bed linen), as well as family archives - were transferred to the Museum.

A great number of exhibits is kept in the Museum: historical documents, maps, diagrams, paintings and authentic objects of the XIX century, which are associated with the Decembrists movement. Here you can see watercolor portraits of women who followed their husbands to Siberia. Also you can admire a set for writing in a case, a pipe made of ivory, sachet for handkerchiefs, ivory knife for cutting paper, drawings