Mariinsky city literary and memorial museum of writer Chivilikhin V.A.

The initiator of the creation of the Literary and Memorial House-Museum of V.A. Chivilikhin in Mariinsk is Viktor Bondarenko. The museum consists of two buildings - a memorial house, where in 1928 was born an outstanding writer, laureate of 3 state awards - V.A. Chivilikhin, and a house with two exposition halls, telling about the life and work of the writer. The houses are connected by a gallery, where traveling exhibitions and thematic events take place. All-Russian All-Kuzbass Chivilikhin Readings are held once every 5 years.