The only museum in the Middle Urals dedicated to the Decembrists is located in the house that served as a residence for the family of the exiled Decembrist Vasily Ivashev and Ivan Pushchin, Alexander Pushkin’s friend from the lyceum.
The wooden two-story mansion is one of the most beautiful buildings in Turinsk. It has unique architecture and is a historical monument of federal significance. It was built by the Decembrist Vasily Ivashev using the design of his father, the hero of the Patriotic War of 1812 and military engineer Pyotr Nikiforovich Ivashev.
The family of Vasily Ivashev moved into their new house in March 1840. Right at the same time, they were joined there by the Decembrist Ivan Ivanovich Pushchin. However, the Ivashevs did not live in this house for long. After Vasily’s death in December 1840, his mother-in-law Mariya Petrovna Le Dentu stayed in the residence with her grandchildren until June 1841. Then she took them to Undory — the Ivashev family estate in the Simbirsk governorate.
In February 1842, the Decembrist Evgeny Petrovich Obolensky, Ivan Pushchin’s friend, was also sent to settle in Turinsk, and the house became his residence.
The building has an interesting history. At the turn of the 20th century, after the Decembrists departed, a police station was established there. During the Great Patriotic War, the house was transformed into a school, and from the late 1960s to 1986 it was kindergarten No. 4. There was already a museum dedicated to the Decembrists in another building that was organized by the enthusiastic Turinsk residents in 1963.
In 1987, a group of local activists came up with the idea to create an exposition in the Ivashev memorial house. The year 1989 was marked by the beginning of large-scale restoration. The most recent Decembrists museum opened its doors in 1993.
The wooden two-story mansion is one of the most beautiful buildings in Turinsk. It has unique architecture and is a historical monument of federal significance. It was built by the Decembrist Vasily Ivashev using the design of his father, the hero of the Patriotic War of 1812 and military engineer Pyotr Nikiforovich Ivashev.
The family of Vasily Ivashev moved into their new house in March 1840. Right at the same time, they were joined there by the Decembrist Ivan Ivanovich Pushchin. However, the Ivashevs did not live in this house for long. After Vasily’s death in December 1840, his mother-in-law Mariya Petrovna Le Dentu stayed in the residence with her grandchildren until June 1841. Then she took them to Undory — the Ivashev family estate in the Simbirsk governorate.
In February 1842, the Decembrist Evgeny Petrovich Obolensky, Ivan Pushchin’s friend, was also sent to settle in Turinsk, and the house became his residence.
The building has an interesting history. At the turn of the 20th century, after the Decembrists departed, a police station was established there. During the Great Patriotic War, the house was transformed into a school, and from the late 1960s to 1986 it was kindergarten No. 4. There was already a museum dedicated to the Decembrists in another building that was organized by the enthusiastic Turinsk residents in 1963.
In 1987, a group of local activists came up with the idea to create an exposition in the Ivashev memorial house. The year 1989 was marked by the beginning of large-scale restoration. The most recent Decembrists museum opened its doors in 1993.
