M. A. Sholokhov's Old House

About museum

The house in which M. A. Sholokhov lived and worked from 1928 to 1935 is part of the Veshensk Memorial-Historical Complex of the State Museum-Reserve of M. A. Sholokhov. The third volume of the novel And Quiet Flows the Don, the first volume of Virgin Soil Upturned, articles, essays, and letters to I. V. Stalin about the famine on the Upper Don were written here. The house was built at the beginning of the 20th century and has a four-pitched roof, 'upper' and 'lower' rooms, and a veranda. The 'lower' rooms include a kitchen with a large Russian stove, while the 'upper' rooms contain a hall, a living room, the writer's study, and the room of his mother, Anastasia Danilovna. In M. A. Sholokhov's study there are memorial items: books, a desk with writing implements, a kerosene lamp, a bookcase, an armchair, and a sofa. The outbuildings feature the exhibition 'Hunting and Fishing' with original Sholokhov items, as well as letters and documents proving M. A. Sholokhov's significant contribution to nature conservation. Other outbuildings display antique farming tools and household utensils.