Local History Museum "Friendship of Peoples"

The museum was established in 1965 by the history teacher Galiyev Garifzyan Galievich on the basis of a collection of written and material materials, which numbered about 1000 exhibits.

The modern museum representing the multinational region of the Republic of Tatarstan, where Udmurts, Tatars, Maris, Russians, Chuvash live, has 9 exposition and exhibition halls.

A significant part is occupied by paleontological, archaeological collections and natural fund. The mammoth tusk is about 2 m long and weighing 137 kg, archaeological finds, including arrowheads, harpoons of ancient people, a stone-silicon hammer and an axe found during excavations on the banks of the Shoshma River, etc. Among the exhibits of the natural fund - stuffed brown bear height of 2 m 35 cm, wolf, lynx, etc.

The history of the region is diverse. Ethnographic complexes demonstrate the culture and life of peoples - clothes, household items, tools, household utensils, photographs. The most valuable include: Kamali - Udmurt breast decoration made of coins (early XIX century), dress of Tatar woman (early XIX century), woven Udmurt and Tatar towels (late XIX century).

The history of the development of agriculture from the middle of the XIX century (wooden plow, oak hoe, loom, etc.) to the creation of collective farms, dekulakization and post-war development is reflected in detail.

The collection of weapons acquaints with samples of the XVIII - XX centuries, found in the area in different years. Among the exhibits are a heavy metal trusses of the uprising of Emelyan Pugachev (XVIII century), a ceremonial Russian sword of Tula production in 1840, a French sword of 1855, a Turkish saber of 1857, as well as weapons of later American, Belgian, Turkish, German poroproducing: rifles, nagans, Mausers.

The exposition presents Tula samovars of the XIX century, interesting kumgan made of yellow metal, brought in 1820 from Saudi Arabia, Swiss watches of the middle of the XIX century, etc. The layout of the shop of the local merchant Murtaza Mulyukov recalls the situation of the late XIX - early XX century.

The Siberian tract passed through the territory of the region, which was also reflected in the exposition: handcuffs, shackles of the late XIX century from the Malmyzhskaya transit prison, a view of the dwelling of Georgian political exiles of 1905-07.

Among the documents and books are interesting: the certificate of the completion of the parish school, 1880, the book "Christianity among the Votyaks from the time of the first historical news about them to the XIX century.", 1899, "Three centenary of the reign of the House of Romanov", 1913, etc.

A great place is occupied by materials about the Civil and Great Patriotic Wars, including the Heroes of the Soviet Union, natives of the Baltasinsky district, as well as materials about people who left a noticeable mark in the postwar history of the village.