Khvoyninsky Museum of Local Lore

The Khvoyninsky Museum of Local Lore began working on August 25, 1984. It is a complex museum whose collections document the history and nature of a particular region. Visitors can see the expositions: “Archaeology”, “Nature of the native land”, “Life of peasants in the XIX – early XX century”, “Industry”, “History of the formation of the railway”, “History of the Khvoyna and Khvoyna district”, “District during the Great Patriotic War”, “Churches of the district”, “Warriors-internationalists”.

The exposition “Industry” presents materials about Kosheli, about the arrival of a young chemical scientist Dmitry Ivanovich Mendeleev at the Koshelev plant, photos of the parents of Alexei Kazemirovich Reichel, the owner of the plant, are exhibited. Of interest is the showcase “Pages of History”. Many interesting objects of labor and everyday life can be seen in the exposition “Life of peasants in the XIX – early XX centuries”. The military exposition contains materials about participants of the Great Patriotic War, heroes of the Soviet Union, Russia. On the basing of aircraft at the airfield p. Khvoynaya and assistance to the residents of besieged Leningrad.

A new exposition of the memorial hall dedicated to the history of the Air Bridge with the besieged Leningrad, created with the support of the Russian Historical Society and based on the documentary materials of the book “Special Pilots” by Anna Belorusova, granddaughter of the MAON crew commander Peter Kolesnikov, is informative.