The city of Irkutsk gained its name thanks tothe local Irkut River, which flows into its territory. Founded in the middle of the 17th century, the city grew to an extraordinary size, accommodating 600,000 people in its open spaces. Millions of tourists visit Irkutsk every year. One of the main attractions of this region is Lake Baikal. In addition, a special place among the cultural institutions of the city is his Majesty Museum. Irkutsk museums are a separate page in its history. There are a lot of them here: local history, art, the Museum of the Decembrists and others. Each of them has its own history of creation and development, its own style and atmosphere. Visiting Irkutsk and not visiting its museums means not seeing the city at all.
16 thousand pieces
Everything is beautiful in the city of Irkutsk.The art museum, which bears the status of a regional one, deserves to be glorified and inscribed on the list of these beauties. The institution was named in honor of Vladimir Platonovich Sukachev. This is the oldest museum and the largest in terms of the number of exhibits collected in it. Masterpieces of graphics, painting, sculptural and decorative arts are stored here. More than 16 thousand units from the museum collection belong to different eras and different nations.
В. П.At one time, Sukachev was a city leader, and he devoted his whole life to public affairs. The formation of everything that guests can see at the Irkutsk Regional Art Museum is associated with his name. For an institution, he bought paintings by Repin, Aivazovsky, Shishkin, Maximov and other equally famous artists. Probably, not all museums of the city of Irkutsk can boast such a variety of valuable historical exhibits.
The role of A. D. Fatyanov in the formation of the museum
Alexey Dementievich Fatyanov made a considerable contributionin the development of the Art Museum. In the late 40s of the last century, he was appointed director of an institution and held it until 1977. This person possessed all the qualities that a representative of such an important cultural profession should have. Thanks to his artistic taste, enthusiasm and patriotism, Aleksey Dementevich increased the number of museum exhibits several times. When he just took the director's post, their number totaled 3,057 units. Leaving the post, the director left 12,400 exhibits. Fatyanov presented the museum with paintings by Savrasov, Levitan, Kramskoy, as well as paintings by Western artists and icons belonging to the 16th and 18th centuries. Here he is so creative, Irkutsk. The art museum of the city can safely compete with the Louvre and the Hermitage.
Irkutsk Regional Museum of Local Lore
This museum is the oldest institution inall of Siberia. After all, it was founded in 1782. Exactly one century after the creation of the exposition, a special building was built for the local history museum. Such famous researchers as Kudryavtsev and Okladnikov worked in the institution.
The current museum of local lore (Irkutsk) containshistorical, natural, scientific and stock, methodical departments, museum studio, book fund and the house-museum of them. A. Vampilova. Each of the components of the institution actively replenishes its collections, develops and shows the results of its activities to the general public.
Memory of the Decembrists
Как понял из всего вышеописанного наш читатель, Irkutsk is a city that honors the memory of artists, researchers, sculptors and other representatives of art. This memory carries a museum. The museums of Irkutsk, without exception, convey the atmosphere of history, love and an irresistible desire to perpetuate all those who display the beauty of this world in their works.
Irkutsk Museum of the Decembrists called to remindhis guests about those who fought against autocracy and serfdom. It was opened at the end of the 70th year of the last century. At the very beginning, the institution was located in a building that belonged to the family of Trubetskoy, the famous Decembrist. Then the institution was only one of the departments of the Irkutsk Regional Museum. Today, the Irkutsk Historical and Memorial Museum of the Decembrists is a full-fledged institution occupying two estates.
Other attractions
Undoubtedly, one of the main culturalattractions of any city is a museum. The museums of Irkutsk are an excellent confirmation of this. However, in such a huge city there is something to see and besides them. For example, the Savior Church. It is the oldest structure made of stone. The church can present to the audience a large collection of bells. Among them are Gilev exhibits, which have no equal in the whole world.
A worthy decoration of the city is the White House.It was erected by Xenophon Sibiryakov at the beginning of the XIX century. The mansion is an example of Russian classicism, and its authorship is attributed to Giacomo Quarenghi.
Describe the interesting places of this city can be infinitely long. Without any exaggeration, it can be argued that the whole of Irkutsk is a museum. The museums of Irkutsk, on the other hand, are a whole city.
