Losing the Russian samovar

The museum of samovars was opened in 2008 in the house of merchant Grishaev, in Gorodets.

This building, built in the 19th century, is a monument of architecture and urban planning. The facade of the house is decorated with carved casings and skates.

The exposition of the museum is represented by a private collection of honorary citizen Nikolai Polyakov, who heads the Department of the Federal Tax Service of the region.

Here you can see more than 500 of the most diverse in shape, volume and purpose of samovars, as well as other items of Russian tea drinking. This exhibition today is one of the largest in Russia.

The samovar in Russia has always been revered as a talisman of the house, a symbol of a family hearth and good communication. In addition, it was a luxury item and was quite expensive. The collection contains such types of samovars as taverns, hotel, road, samovars-coffees, tete-a-tet, samovars-"selfish" and many others.