Yanka Kupala Museum in the village of Pecchichi

The museum is located in one of the buildings of the Pechichinsky bakery complex, where from November 13, 1941 to June 18, 1942 Y. Kupala and his wife lived in the evacuation. From here he went on call to Moscow, where on June 28, 1942 tragically died.

The exposition of the museum introduces the history of the village of Pechichi, the history of the mill and the life and work of the Belarusian national poet Ivan Domenikovich Lutsevich-Yanka Kupala (1882-1942).

The history of the village, founded in 1600, the development of mining production, which originated in the XVII century, when the furnaces "broken" mudstone limestone for the construction of monasteries and the Kazan Kremlin, is presented in detail.

A special place is occupied by the history of the Trading House "Ivan Okonishnikov and Sons", the construction of a steam mill, as well as the biography and fate of its owners, hereditary merchants, honorary citizens of Kazan. Also detailed is the period of the civil war and the life of the mill in Soviet times.

The section of the exposition dedicated to J. Kupala tells about the life of the poet from early childhood. Widely presented lithographs, photo documents, works of the poet. The exposition is completed by the memorial room of Y. Kupala, where the few personal belongings of the poet are presented.