“The Kazan Fair” is an exhibition that invites museum visitors to learn about the history of the Kazan Monastery in Nizhny Lomov and the fair that was held at its walls. The first wooden church was built on this site in 1648. Tsar Alexis ordered the construction of a monastery in this area.
The museum houses a scenic diorama that was created to capture the atmosphere of the bustling fair. The fair started on July 8, the feast day of Our Lady of Kazan. By that time, merchants from Moscow, Kaluga, Kharkov, Tambov, Astrakhan, Tula, and other cities would arrive in the city. They traded brocade, silk, and fur products, silverware, haberdashery, and tableware.
Chinese products and other
foreign goods were also sold at the fair, including French vodka, coffee,
fruit, and sugar. Peasant farmers from nearby villages brought wheels, rims,
barrels, and tubs. The exhibition features coffee grinders, jewelry boxes,
samovars, pots, figurines, and musical instruments — all the items that were
commonly found at fairs.
Exhibits are marked with AR stickers for identification purposes.
