Memorial House-Museum of S. T. Aksakov

The S.T.Aksakov House-Museum is located in Ufa on the banks of the Belaya River .

The museum building is an example of wooden architecture of the late XVIII century - a monument of history and architecture. The house was erected from the Ural larch, the enfilade construction of rooms is now preserved. Part of the house was adapted for the office, and in the second half there were living rooms.

The owner of the house was Sergei Timofeevich Aksakov’s grandfather - Nikolai Stepanovich Zubov. Nikolai Stepanovich worked as a college counselor and held the leadership position of the deputy governor, in whose hands the administrative and judicial power was concentrated. His daughter, Maria Nikolaevna Zubova, lived and raised in this house, and in 1788 she married the prosecutor of the Zemstvo court, Timofei Stepanovich Aksakov, and they settled separately.

In the years 1795-1797. the family of Sergei Timofeevich Aksakov lived in the house. According to his book, "The Childhood Years of Bagrov the Grandson, " the house was known as the "family nest."

Prior to the opening of the museum, the building housed the library of the union of educators.

Since the late 1980s The restoration began, which took place under the control of the author of the architectural restoration project Z. M. Khatmullina. The art-exhibition project was completed by Moscow artist-architects E.N. Lavrova and BC Taukina. The collection of exhibits, graphic and literary material was carried out by the museum staff E. D. Teregulova and T. E. Zamyatina.

In 1991, declared at the initiative of UNESCO “the year of Aksakov,” the museum’s exposition was opened on the 200th anniversary of the writer’s birth. The museum exposition is located in 14 rooms. The museum fund has about 3 thousand items.

The exposition of the memorial part of the Aksakov Museum recreates the interior of the second half of the 18th century, introduces the history of Ufa and Ufa governorship , as well as the “family chronicle” of the Zubov-Aksakovs.

The literary section of the exposition presents materials telling about the period of S.T. Aksakov’s studies in Kazan, his theatrical and critical activities, the writer's work in the context of Russian literature of the 18th-19th centuries, his inner circle. One of the sections of the exposition is dedicated to the life and work of Konstantin and Ivan Aksakov, the ideologists of Slavophilism.

The interior of the governor's house of the second half of the 19th century is reproduced in the literary and musical lounge of the museum. The documentary materials of this hall are connected with the activities of the son of Sergei Timofeevich Aksakov, Grigory , who in the mid-60s was the governor of the Ufa province . Here you can see the furniture set from the governor's house of G. S. Aksakov. In the same room are materials dedicated to the memory of S. T. Aksakov: the writer's family tree, a drawing of the Aksakov People’s House ^[1] , photographs of the time of the consecration of his bookmark, views of Ufa in 1856, the coat of arms of the Ufa province, engravings and photographs of Ufa XIX — XX centuries, drawings by N. Bogatov to the tale of S. T. Aksakov "The Scarlet Flower ".

Each year, the museum together with the Aksakov Foundation holds the International Aksakov Festival, scientific readings, exhibitions, literary and musical evenings, chamber concerts of ancient and classical music, and others.

• Ivanova G.O., Petrova T.E. Aksakovsky Museum // Bashkir Encyclopedia / Gl.red. M.A. Ilgamov. - Ufa: Bashkir Encyclopedia State Medical Academy, 2015—2019. - ISBN 978-5-88185-306-8 .
• http://www.aksakov.info/index.php?id=15
• The official website of the museum