House-Museum of Y.M. Sverdlov

The Memorial House Museum of J.M. Sverdlov, opened on June 4, 1940 in the building where in 1905 the classes of the illegal party school of agitators and propagandists organized by J.M. Sverdlov (Karla Liebknecht Street, 26), became the heir to the Ural Museum of the Revolution, located in the Ipatiev House. The basis of his collection was part of the funds of the Ural Museum of Revolution and biographical materials about Y. M. Sverdlov. Among the rarities are authentic photographs, documents, things and books of the turn of the XIX-XX centuries, coins of the old coinage, art works of famous authors: E. Neizvestny, A. Brusilovskiy, K. Grunberg and others.

Until 1991, the museum exposition told about the life and political activity of Sverdlov. During the period of perestroika, the museum changed its name and direction of work several times: in 1991 - the Museum of the History of Social Political Movements of the Urals, in 1992 - the Museum of Political History of the Urals.