Tanya Savicheva Children's Museum

About museum

The diary of 11-year-old Tanya Savicheva became one of the symbols of the Siege of Leningrad and evidence of the crimes of the fascist regime against humanity. It records the tragedy of the besieged city and the tragedy of a little girl who lost her family. Tanya was evacuated from the city but died in Shatki. Establishing her biography took a long time; piecing together her later fate from fragments of documents was carried out by students and teachers from many schools in the Shki district. In the 1970s–1980s monuments were placed at her grave, and in 2010 a memorial complex dedicated to Tanya Savicheva and the children of war was installed in Shatki. To preserve historical memory, the Tanya Savicheva Children's Museum was opened on January 27, 2011, the day of the complete lifting of the Siege of Leningrad. It presents the everyday life of residents of besieged Leningrad through the example of the Savichev family and Tanya, as well as the homefront and frontline feats of local people. The museum displays authentic items of siege life and a Soviet-period school classroom.