Kizlyar Museum of Local Lore named after P.I. Bagration

The exposition of the museum reflects the history of the Kizlyar region from ancient times of modernity. Visitors will learn about the natural world of the steppe land, see a collection of archaeological finds testifying to the development of culture and life on the Terek land since the Neolithic period. A unique collection of ethnographic exhibits will tell about the ancestors of Nogais, Cossacks, Kizlyar Armenians, peoples who lived in the region for a long time and made a serious contribution to the development of the region.

The central part of the exposition of the museum is dedicated to the great commander of Russia, a native of Kizlyar, the hero of the Patriotic War of 1812, Peter Ivanovich Bagration. Visitors will learn the history of his life and will see a collection of exhibits reflecting the era of the main hero of Kizlyar history: documents, weapons of the XVIII-XIX centuries, a fragment of the core and earth from the burial place of Bagration, the bass pipe of the Akhtyr regiment, in which the terrace fought, and much more.

The exposition tells about the famous writers who visited Kizlyar - M.Y. Letmontov, L.N. Tolstov, A. Dumas. A significant part of it reflects the times of the Civil War, the Great Patriotic War, the stages of development of industry in the region, as well as the events of the last decades - modern history.

Kizlyar Historical and Local Lore Museum named after P.I. Bagration is a branch of the National Museum of Dagestan named after A. Tahoe-Godi, was opened in 1972.

The museum funds contain more than 16,500 exhibits.