Memorial Museum-Apartment of Vadim Alekseevich Kozin

Vadim Alekseevich Kozin Memorial Museum Apartment is the first and only museum in Russia. Vadim Alekseevich Kozin (1905-1994) was a Russian pop singer, composer, poet, author of several hundred songs. Kozin’s popularity in Russia in the 1930s was enormous. According to the recollections of contemporaries, huge queues lined up for Kozin's records. In order to avoid riots, even mounted police had to be connected.

During the Great Patriotic War, Kozin performs concerts in the units of the active army. By order of the People's Commissar of Railways, a special car is allocated to him for trips. Early December 1943. Kozin, along with Maurice Chevalier, Marlene Dietrich and Iza Kremer, participated in a concert for the participants of the Tehran conference. But at a special conference at the NKVD in 1944, he was sentenced to 8 years for sodomy.

In 1950, he was released early for good conduct and good work. After that, until the end of his days he lived in Magadan, remaining a kind of landmark of the city, a man-legend. The memorial museum-apartment presents authentic materials about life (1903-1994) and creative heritage, based on documents, photo documents, letters of the singer and his fans, diary entries and musical works, works of fine art.