Exhibition of the V. I. Chapayev House Museum

About exhibition

The house was built by V. I. Chapayev’s father, Ivan Stepanovich. The family lived there for about 20 years. After they moved to the Samara Governorate, the house changed owners five times and was repeatedly rebuilt. In 1985 it was moved to the V. I. Chapayev Square and by 1986 was restored to its original appearance. It was renovated in 2019. Visitors will see the traditional interior of a Russian peasant izba from the late 19th–early 20th century: to the left of the entrance — a sleeping area, raised sleeping platforms for children (polati), a canopy cradle, a table for communal meals and the “red corner” (icon corner); in the center — a mirror in a carved wooden frame; on the right — a Russian stove. In a peasant house there were several types of benches: along the walls with windows stood a long “women’s” bench, the head of the family sat on the “konik,” guests were seated on the “red” bench, food was prepared on the high dish-storage bench (posudnaya), and buckets of water stood on the corner bench near the stove. Authentic household items and utensils belonging to V. I. Chapayev’s relatives from the villages of Koshkino and Gremyachevo (the homeland of Chapayev’s mother), as well as from the village of Ryndino in the Tsivilsky District — the former estate of one of the owners of the village Budayka — were used to recreate the interior. Tickets can be purchased via the link.