It is known that Seto ethnic group living in the Pskov region, namely in the Pechora region, as well as the south-eastern outskirts of the Estonian state, which until 1920 was related to the Pskov province. The number of these people is rather difficult to establish because of their ethnicity is not included in the list of nationalities living in Estonia and Russia. During the census, nationality Seto had to be attributed to the Estonians, although this classification is not quite right and proper, because these two peoples of different religious current.

Active ascetic culture of the people is the Seto Ogareva Tatiana, whose activities together with the villagers Nicholas Tapper, as well as employees of the museum "Izborsk", led to the creation of the new museum, namely the estate of ethnic Seto, located in the village of whitefish Pechora district of Pskov region. This was attended by cultural and social organizations Seto: Panikovski Mitkovitsky and folklore groups, as well as the Pechora society called "Ecos". Museum Seto became a kind of part of the circuit of museums in Seto Obinitsa, Värska and Saatse.

The museum is located in the real-estate family home Kyulaots. Most objects also have a warm hearth estate owners. All presented in the museum collection are the result of continuous, long-term, cumulative and research.

The museum complex consists of two parts: the manor house itself and private collection Seto people's memory. After visiting the museum, we can see the harmony of unity of man and nature, learn about the identity setusskoy culture, learn about the complexities and peculiarities of the historical development of this nation.
According to ethnographic classification Seto belongs to the Finno-Ugric group. The basis of the language Seto became the South-Estonian dialect or vyrussky. Seto said the people their dialect completely independent language, which has no analogues in Estonia.

At the moment, there are the following versions of the origin of the people Seto. The first one tells that Seto is a Finno-Ugric Peoples, which has been preserved up to the time of occurrence of the Slavs, with whom they met during the process of settling the western part of the East European Plain. According to the second version, Seto - descendants of escaped people in the Middle Ages, from the territory of the existing at the moment Estonian land Russian Estonians who fled from the influence of the Catholic Knights. After a while, the people of Seto added immigrated to Russia Estonians.

For several centuries, the people too little Seto was familiar with the Russian language. After Seto accepted Orthodox Christianity, they still retained their culture in most of the elements of paganism. This is only the people in the 20th century was able to completely read and understand the Bible, yet regardless of this, Seto always passionately sang all the Orthodox rituals. It is worth noting that after all misunderstandings Seto people of all norms and canons of orthodoxy led to the fact that the Russian people who live next to the people began to call them "poluvertsami." On the other hand, the province of Livonia, Estonians also consider their Seto and carried them to the representatives of the "second class".

As a result of painstaking work of scientists from St. Petersburg, it was found that the people of Seto yet increasingly drawn to Russian Orthodox culture, rather than to the Estonian Lutheran. Moreover, Seto themselves distinguish themselves from the Estonian people. According to its ethnopsycological indicators, as well as the historical fate setussky people - closer to the Russian culture. In order to preserve the identity of ethnic setusskogo, you must give him the status of a small people of the Russian Federation, giving them an opportunity to communicate with representatives of the Western Seto.