Museum of the History of the Cossacks
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Museum of the History of the Cossacks in Stavropol in the street Vokzalnaya 24A - one of the cultural centers of the city. Opened in 2000 on the initiative of the leaders of the Terek Cossack Army, the museum is a branch of the State Museum of Local History in Stavropol.

A unique collection of daggers and sticks of XIX century., Sample award and firearms, medals, and various attributes of Cossack life in a convoy of Russian Emperor acquaint visitors with all the features and a variety of military training of the Cossacks, their service, and the system of education. Presented forms Terek and Don Cossacks will acquaint visitors with the main features of a cut of clothes.

The jewel of the museum was the accommodation in the center of the exposition of the Stavropol village diorama end of the XVIII century. This is a real Cossack village where a fully reconstructed traditional features of its plan. Here you can also see how the Cossacks looked Orthodox Church. Hiking knit, small icons, icons, ancient editions of the Bible and the Book of Hours provide a complete picture of the spiritual world of the Cossacks - the defenders of the Fatherland.

The stylized kunatskoy visitors can see the interior of the housing of the Cossack era, various household objects used in everyday life of the Cossacks. Unfortunately, during the dispossession of local people a lot of unique items simply been lost, but still the museum's collection is constantly updated with new exhibits, preserved at the edge of the old-timers.

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