Literary and Local Lore Museum named after N.I. Kazakov

The museum is located in the village of Kutyuk-Kiner, Morkino district of the Republic of Mari El. It bears the name of the people’s poet of the Mari ASSR Nikolai Ivanovich Kazakov, the cultural center of the village, preserves and represents its history. Opened July 22, 1995.

It is located in a wooden one-storey building of the Zemstvo school (built in 1913, a cultural monument of regional importance), in which the Hero of the Soviet Union Z.A. Krasnov, N.I. Kazakov, Guards Colonel P.I. Kursov, fabulist M.N. Bolshakov and others studied.

In the main fund - 310 units of storage, in the scientific and auxiliary - 1,672 units of storage: personal belongings, letters, books, awards, articles by N.I. Kazakov, books by Kursov, manuscripts and books by the writer V.I. Osipov-Yarch.

The exposition is located in 3 halls (since 1995, 117 sq. m., author and artist - A. G. Ivanov). The literary hall is dedicated to the life and work of Kazakov: photo stands, a bronze bust of the poet, letters, postcards, manuscripts, books. In the local lore hall, objects of ethnography and life of the Mari people associated with the history of the village are exhibited (tuesks of birch bark, buckets, loom, stupa, national clothes). The Hall of Military Glory is dedicated to the memory of fellow countrymen - participants of the Great Patriotic War, local conflicts, army veterans (photos, personal belongings of Kursov: kitten, boots, cloak-tent; soldiers' uniforms of the Soviet time, suitcases).

The museum is visited by about 2,500 people per year, 45 excursions are held. Museum and educational programs are literary and ethnographic in nature.