Regional Museum

Western European Russia


Housed in an attractive whitewashed 12th-century monastery, this museum offers the usual historical displays and religious relics, including some interesting religious etchings on bark, as well as artefacts from the area. You can also see fragments from the church's original frescoes dating to the 15th century.


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