Museum of Cossacks, Ethnography and Culture (russian: Музей казачества, этнографии и культуры Приазовья) is a

museum A museum ( ; plural museums or, rarely, musea) is a building or institution that cares for and displays a collection of artifacts and other objects of artistic, cultural, historical, or scientific importance. Many public museums make these ...

in Kagalnik, in the Russian town of

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. centered on the lives of

Don Cossacks Don Cossacks (russian: Донские казаки, Donskie kazaki) or Donians (russian: донцы, dontsy) are Cossacks who settled along the middle and lower Don. Historically, they lived within the former Don Cossack Host (russian: До� ...

and ethnic

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, fishing and coastal research in the Azov region.

Museum

The Museum of Cossacks, Ethnography, and Culture was opened on January 26, 2012. The museum is situated in the Kagalnik, a village in the Azov district of

Rostov Oblast Rostov Oblast ( rus, Росто́вская о́бласть, r=Rostovskaya oblast, p=rɐˈstofskəjə ˈobləsʲtʲ) is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast), located in the Southern Federal District. The oblast has an area of and a populati ...

. Gennady Matishov, chairman of the

Southern Scientific Center RAS Southern Scientific Center of the Russian Academy of Science (SSC RAS) is a regional unit of the Russian Academy of Science, which includes research groups from a number of cities located in the Southern Federal District of Russia. SSC RAS was est ...

contributed to the creation of the museum. The scientific staff of the museum is engaged in studying the traditional culture of fishermen in the

Don river The Don ( rus, Дон, p=don) is the fifth-longest river in Europe. Flowing from Central Russia to the Sea of Azov in Southern Russia, it is one of Russia's largest rivers and played an important role for traders from the Byzantine Empire. Its ...

delta and collecting regional ethnographic artifacts and documents. The museum's exhibits include mock-ups of residential buildings of the Don Delta population, models of stone and wooden churches on the Donskoy plantation, models of boats used for fishing in the Don delta (e.g.: kayak, kayuk, baida, oak, boat, etc.) as well as related items such as fishing nets and oars. The museum exposition presents two main settlement complexes: the Donskoy plantation, populated mainly by Don Cossacks, and the Kagalnik village, which was founded by peasants from Ukraine. The exhibition is based on genuine artifacts, documents, photos, and household items. The museum features antique furniture, a sewing machine, samovars, etc. Objects such as fishing nets, anchors, irons, dishes and other facets of daily

Cossack The Cossacks , es, cosaco , et, Kasakad, cazacii , fi, Kasakat, cazacii , french: cosaques , hu, kozákok, cazacii , it, cosacchi , orv, коза́ки, pl, Kozacy , pt, cossacos , ro, cazaci , russian: казаки́ or ...

life are on display. A stand in the museum is dedicated to the traditional noon gathering of Don Cossack women to drink coffee and socialize.

References

{{Reflist Tourist attractions in Rostov Oblast 2012 establishments in Russia Don Cossacks Don basin