Chegdomyn’s local history can be explored through two specific themes: the local history museum and a seasonal walking route to monuments and memorial sites. The route runs through the town’s streets. For anyone planning a stay, it offers a clear focus for learning about local history; however, the season and specific visit dates should be taken into account for the route.
Local History Museum and District History
Chegdomyn’s local history museum opened on 10 September 1977 to mark the 50th anniversary of the district’s founding. The date explicitly links the opening to this anniversary and gives the museum a specific connection to the district’s history. A separate way to explore the town’s memorial sites is the walking route “Pamyatniki poselka Chegdomyn”: it is a circuit through Chegdomyn, not an extension of a museum visit.
Walking to the Memorial Sites
The “Pamyatniki poselka Chegdomyn” route is intended for students in grades 1 to 11. It can be taken by school classes, families, clubs and small groups. The circuit includes several memorial sites with different historical associations: a memorial stone to railway workers and builders of the Baikal-Amur Mainline (BAM), a memorial to the Urgal miners who fell on the battlefronts and home front, and the “Poslednyaya ataka” memorial on Glory Square.
The memorial to the miners was moved to the Miners’ Glory Alley in 2010. The “Poslednyaya ataka” memorial is a stop on the route at Glory Square. Together, the stops give the route its commemorative character, while the route itself runs through the streets of Chegdomyn. It is designated as a seasonal route for spring and summer; check the specific route dates before visiting.
Khabarovsk Krai: Nature and Routes
Beyond the town, the wider destination of Khabarovsk Krai also offers its own nature and route-related attractions. Anyuysky National Park was established on 15 December 2007 and covers 429,400 hectares. It lies on the western slope of the central Sikhote-Alin Range in the basin of the Anyui, a large right-bank tributary of the Amur. Shantar Islands National Park protects marine mammal habitats and bird nesting grounds, as well as the archipelago’s coastal ecosystems, rock formations and island vegetation. Bureinsky Nature Reserve was established in 1987, covers almost 357,000 hectares and includes a representative section of mountain taiga.
The region’s designated trails also vary in length, duration and visiting conditions. The “Zapovedny Chekhtsir” educational trail in the “Bolshekhakhtsirsky” State Nature Reserve is 2.55 kilometres long, takes about two and a half hours and is available year-round. It passes through natural communities of the Ussuri taiga and offers insight into its characteristic vegetation and the forest landscapes of Greater Chekhtsir. Visits are possible only in organised groups accompanied by a “Zapovednoye Priamurye” staff member and a state environmental protection inspector.
The “Rodnichok” ecological educational trail is shorter: it is 600 metres long, passes through coniferous-deciduous mixed forest to Bykova Creek and takes about one hour. It is available from May to October. Here, too, visits are possible only in organised groups accompanied by a “Zapovednoye Priamurye” staff member and a state environmental protection inspector. The two educational trails therefore offer different time commitments; “Rodnichok” also has a seasonal restriction.
Specific timing and seasonal information is also available for water routes. The “K serdtsu zapovednika” route in Komsomolsky Nature Reserve is 46 kilometres long, takes an estimated twelve hours and is available from May to October. The “Po akvatorii Shantarskikh ostrovov” route in Shantar Islands National Park covers 223 kilometres and takes eight hours and 30 minutes; the season runs from July to September. For these seasonal routes, check current arrangements and, for the route in Shantar Islands National Park, the applicable permit and operating conditions as well.
Discover more destinations: Komsomolsk-on-Amur, Khabarovsk, Vyatskoye, Innokentyevsky, Pereyaslavka.
Go to the broader travel overview: Khabarovsk Krai.
