Exhibition "Poetry of the Industrial Forest"

About exhibition

The Museum of the History of Krasnokamsk has opened the exhibition "Poetry of the Industrial Forest," which reveals little-known facts from the area's past. The display is divided into three parts, each immersing the visitor in a different era — from the pre-revolutionary period to the Soviet construction projects of the 1930s. The first section is devoted to the region's early history. Visitors learn about landowners, large-scale forest plantations established to supply Ural factories, as well as enterprising peasants and the first merchants. Original costumes and 19th-century household items are on display here, and the exhibition explains why so-called "forest" villages developed rapidly and became prosperous. The second part tells the story of Krasnokamsk's urban planning projects. For the first time archival plans and drawings of historic buildings are being shown, revealing stories of their construction and the fates of the architects. The final section transports visitors to the era of industrialization: unique photographs from the 1930s document the construction of the Kama Pulp and Paper Mill and the spirit of the Second Five-Year Plan. Special attention is paid to the friendship between Moscow photographer Leonid Kupriyanov and Ural writer Pavel Bazhov, who together created a chronicle of young Krasnokamsk. The exhibition will appeal to anyone interested in the history of the Urals, urban planning, and the Soviet era.