Mordovian Republican United Museum of Local Lore named after I.D. Voronin

Mordovian Republican United Museum of Local Lore was organized in 1918 on the initiative of the Society for the Study of the Native Land, where about a hundred people of lovers of local historians of various professions gathered. Its leader was Yakov Petrovich Navrochatsky, a doctor by profession. For a long time the museum was located in temporary premises. Since 1935. Central local lore is located in the building of the former Trekhsvyatsky Church. The museum had three departments: nature, historical and art.

In 1973, the museum acquired the structure of local history museums with exposition halls: nature, history of the pre-revolutionary past, history of Soviet society, ethnography.

In the Water Hall, visitors get acquainted with the bright original ceremony of the Mordovian Wedding. The unique costumes of the Mordovian people "erzi" and "moksha", photos of the XIX century, objects of material and spiritual culture are shown here.

The first hall is dedicated to the early history of Mordovia. In the hall you can see stone axes of the Neolithic era, clay vessels, arrowheads from various settlements and parking lots in Mordovia and the Nizhny Novgorod region.

The Iron Age is represented by finds of urban culture from ancient Mordovian burial grounds. Here is the Golden Horde period of the Mordovian region. Strokes show the participation of Mordovians in the peasant wars, the Patriotic War of 1812.

There was also a place to create a mock-up of a chicken hut. The interior of the hut and a fragment of the exterior design are shown.

The two rooms of the second floor present the materials of modern history, starting with the events of October 1917. These are photos, documents, personal belongings of our countrymen.

A large exposition is dedicated to Mordovia during the Second World War. In the showcases of military products of factories and factories. 104 Hero of the Soviet Union gave the Motherland our land.

Interesting materials are devoted to the unique feat of M.P. Devyataev, who escaped from fascist captivity on a German plane.

The exposition ends with a section on the modern industry of the Republic of Mordovia.

In the nature department, showcases represent certain landscapes of the territory of Mordovia. The hall is completed by a huge diorama of the winter forest with a change in the time of day and the showcase "Red Book" of Mordovia.

In the water hall, visitors get acquainted with the bright original ceremony of the Mordovian Wedding. The unique costumes of the Mordovian people "Erzi" and "Moksha", photos of the XIX century, objects of material and spiritual culture are shown here.