Museum of A.M. Gorky in Krasnovidovo village

A. M. Gorky (Peshkov) (1868-1936) - the great Russian writer of the late XIX - early XX centuries. In 1884-88 he lived in Kazan. In the spring of 1888, together with M. A. Romas came to the village of Krasnovidovo, where he lived until the autumn of the same year.

The exposition of the museum reveals the theme of the writer’s stay in Kazan and Krasnovidovo, introduces the history of the village and the pages of the life of M. A. Romas.

Structurally, the museum consists of two buildings united in a single complex: a memorial part, which includes a living room and a trading shop of Romas, and a literary part.

The situation of the memorial part of the museum as a typical retail store of the IV category of the late XIX century was recreated by the famous Kazan local historian and collector V.V. Chumakov.

The basis of the literary part of the museum are materials related to the stay of Alexei Peshkov in the region. Impressions and observations of this period of life the writer later reflected in the story “My Universities”.

The literary theme is supplemented by the printed editions of Mil, Spencer, Bockle of 1863, the filing of the magazine "God's World" of the middle of the XIX century, other materials.

The topic of local lore is represented by the population map of the Kazan province of 1870, the interior of the peasant hut of the late XIX century, photographs of the famous artist Shvartsman with images of the village of 1937, household items and clothes of villagers of the late XIX - early XX centuries. The history of the village of Old Zimovye (Krasnovidovo), began much earlier - in the second half of the XVII century. According to legend, the name "Krasnovidovo" village was given by Catherine II, sailing along the Volga in 1767. His words, “What a red look!” were prophetic. Since then it has gone: red, Krasnovilovo. That's how the name stuck.