Description of the attraction
The Museum-Estate of the Artist N. A. Yaroshenko is one of the most extensive collections of works by Itinerant artists in Russia. The museum was opened in 1962, it contains a huge collection of works by outstanding artists N. A. Yaroshenko and N. A. Kasatkin.
The ancient estate, where the museum is located today, was once visited by prominent figures of Russia, among whom are A. I. Kuindzhi, D. I. Mendeleev, I. E. Repin, F. I. Chaliapin. In the summer of 1802, Nikolai Yaroshenko and his wife also visited this place. The atmosphere in the house, and the rest in Kislovodsk itself, pleased Yaroshenko, and he returned here more than once. And in 1885 he bought the estate from the owner, Lieutenant General M. G. Chernyaeva. Here the outstanding painter of his time met the last days of his life. He was buried near the dacha, on the territory of St. Nicholas Cathedral.
In 1918, it was decided to rename the street where the dacha was located, in honor of Yaroshenko, and open a museum in the building itself. But these plans were never realized. Soon the house was converted into communal housing, and in the 30s it was decided to demolish the cathedral and liquidate the cemetery. The cathedral was destroyed, but local residents defended the preservation of Yaroshenko's grave. And only in 1959, at the suggestion of the artist V. V. Seklyutsky, the Council of Ministers of the RSFSR decided to organize a museum. Materials for the Kislovodsk Museum were transferred from the State Russian Museum, Poltava, Kiev museums. Most of the exhibits were works by Yaroshenko from private collections of Russian collectors. The grand opening of the museum took place in 1962, in honor of the celebration of the 100th anniversary of the birth of Nesterov, a philanthropist who presented the museum with a solid collection of Yaroshenko's works. At the same time, until 1986, tenants lived in the wing of the museum, who were later resettled.
Today all the lands have been returned to the museum; a garden has been laid out near the estate. In the wing there are expositions of works by I. I. Levitan, L. K. Savrasov, V. G. Perova, L. I. Kuindzhi, P. L. Bryullova, I. I. Shishkin.
