The historical museum of Sochi, opened in 1920 ., became the oldest cultural institution of the city . The first museum collection was based on the exhibits of the Caucasian Mountain Club, dedicated to the nature of the region and the life of the inhabitants of the Black Sea coast . Initially, the exhibits (and they accumulated about a thousand in those years) were housed in the premises of a private house . Later the museum had to move repeatedly until in 1932 . he did not receive a building at . Ordzhonikidze Street in which settled at 60 et . Even during the Great Patriotic War, new exhibits did not cease to arrive at the museum's funds, as a result, by the end of the war the collection was replenished by more than 3 thousand . units . In 1986 . to the Sochi Museum of History joined immediately two objects: the Museum "The Villa of the singer at . Barsovaia" and the Ethnographic department of the museum in Lazarevsky . Soon another move was followed . The building in Ordzhonikidze was demolished in 1999 ., and in 2000 . museum took up construction on the street . Vorovsky, where he still meets his guests . In 2006 . the museum staff presented the updated th exhibition located in 14 halls .
Exposition of the Museum of History of Sochi
The collection of the museum collected about 4 thousand . exhibits that illustrate the history of the city of Sochi from ancient times to the present day . At the exhibition stands of the hall "Archaeological monuments of the Sochi region" took their place rare artifacts related to the ancient stone age and the Middle Ages, Byzantine coins, weapons, clothing , household items and Adygs (the indigenous population of Sochi) . The exhibits of the "Founding of Sochi" hall demonstrate the events of joining the Black Sea coast of the Caucasus to Russia, artillery armament, military maps, documents .
"The Nature of the Western Caucasus" exhibition reveals the richness of flora and fauna of the region, the exposition "Resettlement movement in the Sochi district in the second half of the 19th century" describes the process of forming the population of the region, and visiting the exhibition "Resort development, culture of Sochi", you can learn about the role of the nobility in the birth of Sochi to the resort city . Other interesting halls of the museum are also interesting and informative: "Sochi in the period of three revolutions and civil war", "Sochi in the years of reconstruction of the resort", "Sochi-city-hospital", "Sochi in the period 1946-1990 . "," Cosmonauts in Sochi "," Recreational resources of the resort "," Life of the Black Sea ". All of them are devoted to the popular Black Sea resort and detail the pages of the history and life of this sunny city .
Useful information
Address: Sochi, ul. 54/11.
Phone: +7 (862) 264-23-26.
The museum can be reached by bus number 1 and shuttle buses to the stop "Railway station."
Working time : Tuesday - Sunday: 9:00 - 18:00 (October to May), Monday - Sunday: 9:00 - 19:30 (May through October).
Entrance: 100 RUB, for children: 50 RUB , for participants of the Second World War, servicemen, employees of Russian museums, preschool children and visitors with disabilities, admission is free.
All prices are for December 2014
| Museum of the history of the resort city of Sochi |
| Dolmen, Museum of the history of the resort city of Sochi |
| Inside the museum of the history of the resort city Sochi |