Alekseevsky District Local History Museum

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In 1978 the Alekseevsky District Local History Museum was opened; it contains four separate halls. The first hall is devoted to the region's archaeology and displays unique exhibits: the well-known Polovtsian stone 'baba' from the 12th century, akinak swords of the Scythian–Sarmatian culture (4th–6th centuries), as well as tools and household items of the Srubna (Timber‑Grave) culture (2nd millennium BC). The second hall covers the history of Cossack development in the 16th–19th centuries, featuring maps, documents, awards from 19th‑century wars and campaigns, and rare items of Cossack daily life. The third hall recreates the interior of a 19th‑century Cossack gornitsa (parlor) with Cossack clothing, icons and religious books. The fourth hall presents an exhibition dedicated to local residents who participated in the Great Patriotic War and the Battle of Stalingrad. Among the museum's most valuable and unique collections are the numismatics collection (18th–20th centuries), a collection of headscarves and shawls from the late 19th–early 20th centuries, a collection of photographs of Cossacks (19th–20th centuries), and the region's archaeological finds.