Albazin Local History Museum

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On April 23, 1974 the Albazin Museum was opened, located next to an archaeological site of federal significance — the Albazin ostrog settlement. The initiator of its creation was Agrippina Nikolaevna Dorokhina, a hereditary Albazin Cossack of the Surikov family. The museum houses 17th-century items found during excavations of the site: pectoral crosses, tools, household items and weapons of the Albazin people. The exhibition acquaints visitors with the history of the Amur region's exploration by Russian pioneers and the establishment of the Albazin voivodeship in the 19th century. In the 1990s a complex called 'Cossack izba with homestead' was erected on the museum grounds, and in 2000 the Albazin Museum became a laureate of the 'Window to Russia' award by the newspaper 'Kultura' in the 'Museum of the Year' category. Today it is one of the popular tourist attractions of the Russian Far East, hosting regional and all-Russian festivals of Cossack culture and local history conferences.