Kochkov Local History Museum

Kochkov Museum of Local History was founded in November 1977. Its founder is Pikalov Dmitry Emelyanovich, who traveled a lot around the Kochkovo district, collecting the necessary material for the museum. On May 18, 1984, the Kochkov Museum was awarded the honorary title “People’s Museum”.

The museum occupies a one-story building. There are two exhibition halls. The large hall is dedicated to the history of the Kochkovo district. There are exhibitions: “History of the village and the district”, “Nature of the native land”, “District in the distant past”, “We are again talking about war”, “Medal on the chest of a veteran”, “Heroes are always in the ranks”, “School years are wonderful” and many others.

The small hall is dedicated to the history of the peasantry, the life and way of life of the Kochkovites in tsarist times. A small exhibition is dedicated to the petty-bourgeois family of Rusinov, who lived in the village of Kochka.

To date, the museum has 7,353 exhibits of the main fund and 6,887 exhibits of the scientific and support fund. There are interesting exhibits: mail of the XVII century, akinak of the VI century BC, a coffee maker of the XVII century, a music box “Stele” of 1886 with metal plates, a seal of a rural mayor and others.