Memorial Museum Schorsa

Memorial Museum in Shchors Shchors is an architectural monument of the time of Chernigov province late 19th century and the institution which recounts the life of the legendary red commander. Museum staff regularly conduct various thematic and interesting excursions.

History museum

Schorsa Museum opened in 1939 in the building where spent his childhood and youth of the future Red commander, whose image heroyizovano in Soviet literature and cinema.

Schors was born in 1895 on a farm with the then called Korzhivka in Chernihiv family or railway, or wealthy peasant - different versions.

During the First World War served as a military nurse, then a junior officer. After the revolution in Russia sided with the Bolsheviks, commanded a regiment, brigade, division. He fought in Ukraine against the troops of the UPR, the Directorate and the German army, participated in the capture of Kyiv Bolsheviks in 1919, some time was the commandant of Kyiv. He died under mysterious circumstances. It is believed that their dead.

Schorsa image as a brave, intelligent and caring leader red popularized by the film "Shchors", filmed by director Alexander Dovzhenko ordered by Stalin. In 2003 the museum was renamed in Shchorsky historical memorial of the department MA Schorsa.

This department History Museum with an exhibition of home furnishings and personal belongings of the family Schorsa placed in their wooden house in 1894. In a separate building is a historical museum of regional studies division exposure from ancient times to modern history.

Exposure Memorial Museum

Today there are nearly 18 thousand exhibits, which are located in two areas: the historical department and the memorial house.

The department is a local history exhibition located in three halls.

1. Collection weapons occupies the most honorable place among these collections of other museums in the area.
2. Special attention also deserve ethnographic artifacts directly.
3. An unusual collection of towels is proud institution, successfully exhibited in other museums in the region and even in Belarus.

Decoration of the museum is a memorial family building with historical and everyday things, rarities period of 19-20 centuries, which also recreated interior of the house SCHORSA family.

How to get there

Schorsa Memorial Museum is located on the same street. The property is located in the city center, it can get to the local transport, walking down the street Independence.

Museum Hours: 9:00 to 17:00, starting Saturday.

Telephone: +38 (04654) 2-16-41, +38 (04654) 2-16-56.