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Taganrog in the Fate of the Emperor

On July, 17, 2012, the Excursion-Exhibition Centre “The People’s House” of the State M.A.Sholokhov Museum-Reserve opens the exhibition “Emperor Alexander I. A Reign, Which Ended in Taganrog”. It is a joint project of the two major museums.

In March – June, 2012, the exhibition “Don. Sholokhov. Russia” had a successful run in the Taganrog State Literary and Historical-Architectural Museum-Reserve. Now the Taganrog Museum laid out an exhibition from its rich collection devoted to the 200^th  anniversary of the victory in the Great Patriotic war of 1812 and also to the interesting and mysterious events connected with  the stay of Emperor Alexander I in Taganrog.

The visitors will learn about one of the most significant periods in the history of the seaside town,

In September, 1825, Emperor Alexander I made Taganrog his residence. The emperor’s stay in Taganrog and his sudden death is an interesting fact in the Russian and European history, which brought the small southern town to the fore of the historic process.

The visitors will see autographs of Alexander I, documents of the first quarter of the XIX century, unique engravings and lithography, portraits of the people of that time. The viewers will be particularly attracted by the collection of arms of the XVIII – XIX centuries, award and commemorative medals of the war of 1812.

The exhibition project of the two museums will continue. Next year an exhibition devoted to the live and work of A.P. Chekhov is going to open in Vyoshenskaya, which will signify new personal and creative features of the two world known writers.

The exhibition is open till October, 15, 2012.

Elena Tolstopyatenko