The National Sholokhov Museum-Reserve ( rus, Музей Шолохова, r=Muzyey Sholokhova) is a museum complex in

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 ...

, Russia which commemorates the life and work of author

Mikhail Sholokhov Mikhail Aleksandrovich Sholokhov ( rus, Михаил Александрович Шолохов, p=ˈʂoləxəf; – 21 February 1984) was a Russian novelist and winner of the 1965 Nobel Prize in Literature. He is known for writing about life ...

. The main exhibits are located in an apartment where he lived in stanitsa of Vyoshenskaya, and in a house in which he worked on portions of his novel

And Quiet Flows the Don ''And Quiet Flows the Don'' (''Quiet Flows the Don'' or ''The Silent Don'', russian: Тихий Дон, literally ''The Quiet Don'') is a novel in four volumes by Russian writer Mikhail Sholokhov. The first three volumes were written from 192 ...

. The museum complex was founded in 1984. Its collections comprise over 70,000 items. The collections occupy a complex of five historic buildings in Vyoshenskaya, Karginskaya, Kruzhilinskaya,

Rostov-on-Don Rostov-on-Don ( rus, Ростов-на-Дону, r=Rostov-na-Donu, p=rɐˈstof nə dɐˈnu) is a port city and the administrative centre of Rostov Oblast and the Southern Federal District of Russia. It lies in the southeastern part of the East Eu ...

: khutors, villa of architect N. Sokolov, exhibition center, memorial and historical complex.

Description

Sholokhov's letters, writings, documents, autographs and things are exhibited in the museum. Dwellings with household plots are conserved also. The Sholokhov Museum consists of: *Manor house in khutor of Kruzhilinsky, where the writer was born. He lived here with parents before 1910. The manor consists of orchard, yard, dolly-shop, banya and

stable A stable is a building in which livestock, especially horses, are kept. It most commonly means a building that is divided into separate stalls for individual animals and livestock. There are many different types of stables in use today; the ...

; *house in stanitsa of Karginskaya, where Sholokhov produced ''Azur steppe'' and most of the ''Don stories''. The building became a museum in 1972. The architecture of the building is common to villages of the Upper Don of the early 20th century; *house in stanitsa of Vyoshenskaya, where the writer worked on the third volume of ''

'' and ''Newground under plough''; *house, where Sholokhov's family was living between 1949 and 1984. At this period author produced '' Fate of a Man'', ''They fought for the homeland'' and the second volume of ''Newground under plough''. *"Sholokhov-Centre", in the Martyn Brothers House,

. Exhibition space and centre for cultural and educational projects. Hosts lectures, museum classes, creative meetings, and theme nights.

References

{{Authority control Buildings and structures in Novocherkassk Museums in Rostov Oblast Cultural heritage monuments of federal significance in Rostov Oblast