Museum of Vologda exile of Stalin

The Museum of Vologda exile of Stalin, opened in 1937, is located on Herzen Street, near the government building of the Vologda region. The museum is located in a wooden restored house, known in the city as the house of the gendarme Korpusov, who from December 1911 to February 1912 rented a room future leader of the Soviet people.

In the exposition of the museum, the central place is occupied by a small room in which young Dzhugashvili lived. A wax figure of a revolutionary is placed at the table. Here is a picture of an unknown artist, painted in the late 30s and depicting Stalin sitting in this room. In those years, this museum was very popular among residents and guests of Vologda.

The museum is now dedicated to the history of political exile. In Vologda, in addition to Stalin, many famous personalities were referred to in different years. These are Korolenko, Molotov, Lunacharsky, Maria Ulyanova, Berdyaev, Remizov and others. On large stands, materials of the activities of Vologda exiles are collected. The second floor of the house occupies a large-scale panorama of the city of pre-revolutionary years.