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Andrei Andreyevich Ugryumov
About museum
Andrei Andreyevich Ugryumov was a local historian, organizer of a people's museum on a voluntary basis, an 'Honorary Citizen of Tarnogsky Gorodok', an active public figure, an 'Honored Teacher of Schools of the RSFSR', and a participant in the Great Patriotic War. He was born into the family of a doctor of the Kokshenga hospital on a khutor near the village of Igumnovskaya in Shevdenitskaya volost of Totemsky uyezd, Vologda Governorate. In 1925 he graduated from the Igumnovskaya primary school; in 1931 — from the Totma experimental-demonstration school with a pedagogical focus; he completed two courses (1931–1932) of the geotopographic department of the Veliky Ustyug Agricultural Technical School. Following in his mother's footsteps, who had been a teacher, Andrei Andreyevich worked for ten years at the Tarnogskaya secondary school — first as a teacher of Russian language and literature, and from 1939 as assistant principal.
Ugryumov made a contribution to the field of onomastics by publishing the book 'Russian Names. A Folk Calendar.' The most important literary work of Andrei Andreyevich, as an outstanding local historian, is the book 'Kokshenga.' He also authored the books 'Myths and Customs of the Ancient Rus'' and 'How Grandpa Andrei Went to War.' He wrote the 'Chronicle of Tarnoga', a number of articles in the 'Educational Notes of the Vologda Pedagogical Institute', and more than 250 publications on the history of his native region. A. A. Ugryumov made a significant contribution to the preservation of the cultural heritage of the Vologda region.
Date of birth
26 February 1915
Date of death
01 January 1995
Occupation
Local historian