The collection of the T. S. Maltsev House Museum in Maltsevo comprises more than 2,000 museum objects. It includes personal belongings and documents belonging to T. S. Maltsev, everyday items from peasant life dating from the late 19th to the early 20th century, as well as photographs and documents belonging to village residents. The collection groups focus on personal accounts, everyday peasant life and the village’s residents. The objects and documents thus offer different ways to explore the history of Maltsevo.
Everyday Life and Earth’s History
An open-air palaeontological museum is located at Kamenny Log, on the right bank of a river near the village of Ichkino. Remains of prehistoric animals continue to be found in ravines and on scree slopes. Palaeontology therefore offers a different way to explore Shadrinsky District than the village history of Maltsevo: here, the focus is on traces of prehistoric life, while there it is on personal and peasant history. The ongoing discoveries connect the subject of Earth’s history to the landscape.
Landscapes with Different Highlights
The Shadrinsky State Landscape Nature Reserve is located in the central part of Shadrinsky District. The broad Ichkina Valley offers another perspective on the landscape and in places resembles a designed landscape park. During spring and autumn migration, hundreds of cranes stop there. The valley can thus be appreciated both for its expansive form and for a seasonal aspect of nature. For nature enthusiasts, it brings together the landscape and bird migration, without limiting wildlife observation to a single season.
Near the village of Mylnikovo, an island pine forest lies in the valley of the Iset River and is designated a natural monument. Rare and endangered plant species grow there. Compared with the Ichkina Valley, the focus here is more botanical: a pine forest with rare plants. These two landscape features offer different perspectives on the nature of the district.
The Wider Destination of Kurgan Oblast
Other examples of cultural and historical heritage in the wider destination of Kurgan Oblast add to the picture of the region. The ensemble of the Dalmatov Monastery was founded in 1644 and is considered the earliest stone monastery in the Urals and Siberia; it is also considered the largest stone ensemble. The Savin sanctuary, also known as Trans-Ural Stonehenge, is an ancient observatory dating from the 4th to 3rd millennium BC and a cultural heritage site of federal significance. These examples offer a different historical perspective from local village and natural history: the monastery is associated with a specific founding date, while Savin takes us back to prehistoric times.
At the Savin Archaeological Park in the wider destination of Kurgan Oblast, the lives of people in the Early Iron Age are reconstructed. Topics include the lifestyles and diets of people in the past, as well as the warfare of the Scythians and Sarmatians. Guided tours and master classes are available; check the current arrangements for these activities before your trip.
Discover more destinations: Mokrousovskiy rayon, Kurgan, gorod Kurgan, Kataysky District, Oktyabrskiy rayon, Tselinnyy rayon, Shchuchanskiy rayon.
For the wider travel overview: Kurgan Oblast.
