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

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which commemorates the life and work of author Mikhail Sholokhov. The main exhibits are located in an apartment where he lived in stanitsa of

Vyoshenskaya VyoshenskayaAlso tranliterated Veshenskaya. ( rus, Вёшенская, p=ˈvʲɵʂɨnskəjə), colloquially known as Vyoshki (russian: Вёшки, is a rural locality (a ''stanitsa'') and the administrative center of Sholokhovsky District of ...

, and in a house in which he worked on portions of his novel And Quiet Flows the Don. 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:

khutor A khutor ( rus, хутор, p=ˈxutər) or khutir ( uk, хутiр, pl. , ''khutory'') is a type of rural locality in some countries of Eastern Europe; in the past the term mostly referred to a single- homestead settlement.

s, 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

of Kruzhilinsky, where the writer was born. He lived here with parents before 1910. The manor consists of

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, yard, dolly-shop,

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and stable; *house in

stanitsa A stanitsa ( rus, станица, p=stɐˈnʲitsə; uk, станиця, stanytsya) is a village inside a Cossack host ( uk, військо, viys’ko; russian: казачье войско, kazach’ye voysko, sometimes translated as "Cossack Ar ...

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

, where the writer worked on the third volume of '' And Quiet Flows the Don'' and ''Newground under plough''; *house, where Sholokhov's family was living between 1949 and 1984. At this period author produced ''

Fate of a Man ''Fate of a Man'' (russian: Судьба человека, translit. Sudba Cheloveka), also released as ''A Man's Destiny'' and ''Destiny of a Man'' is a 1959 Soviet film adaptation of the short story by Mikhail Sholokhov, and also the directori ...

'', ''They fought for the homeland'' and the second volume of ''Newground under plough''. *"Sholokhov-Centre", in the Martyn Brothers House, Rostov-on-Don. 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