Soviet District Museum of Local Lore named after E.M. Ivanov

The museum was founded on November 5, 1995 by journalist, enthusiastic local historian Ensai Makarovich Ivanov. The first building of the museum is historical. It was built in 1957 as a house of kolkhoznik. Subsequently, the executive committee of the village council, the children's library, the district hospital were located here.

The museum has expositions in 7 sections. In the history department of the district you can find information about the history of the Soviet district and materials about people who made a significant contribution to its development. In the department of ethnography, visitors to the museum find themselves in the interior of a peasant hut, where a life-size model of a Russian furnace with flats, kitchen utensils, a weaving mill and other household items are presented. Here you can see Russian, Mari national costumes, jewelry, musical instruments. In the department of history of technology exhibited items characterizing the life of people in the 40-90-ies of the XX century. In the Department of History of Enterprises and Organizations there are materials about the history of creation, activity, cultural life of state farms, collective farms, enterprises and schools. The nature department is very popular among visitors. Entering this hall, as if you find yourself in the forest, where an elk lurked behind the trees, an owl was placed on the branch, a hare was placed under the tree, and mushrooms, birds, stumps and stones with lingonberries are visible on the forest floor! The Hall of Military Glory houses exhibits related to the Great Patriotic War, the Soviet and Russian army. Here are the uniforms of various branches of the army, materials about war veterans, cartridges with earth from battlefields, a bust of I. V. Stalin, etc. In the department of peasant labor there are items that were used in everyday life and in seasonal agricultural work. To involve more items in the cultural circulation of the museum, the expositions “Haymaking” and “Paseca” were created. The large exhibition hall hosts various exhibitions, events, museum and educational programs for schoolchildren.

Currently, the museum is located in the building of the former Soviet secondary school No. 1 on the second floor.