The exhibition “The Fate of the City — the Fate of Russia” presents the history of Kolomna from its foundation by the Ryazan Princes to the 20th century, the history of the city, which played an important defense role for the Ryazan and later Moscow Principalities. The exhibition includes pottery, blacksmithing, wooden items, and jewelry made by medieval craftsmen.
Kolomna’s second major role is that of trade. The visitor will find ceremonial portraits of merchants from the first quarter of the 19th century. The “Portrait of a Merchant Woman in a Cherry Shawl” depicts the image of Kolomna’s dominant class of the 18th and 19th centuries. There is also an interesting floor clock made in England in the late 18th and early 19th centuries that belonged to Maria Shevlyagina, a well-known Kolomna philanthropist.
From the second half of the 19th century, Kolomna became an industrial and cultural center of the Moscow region. The exhibition describes the life of the town during this period and the charity work of famous Kolomna residents. The development of Kolomna industry is vividly illustrated. A separate section is dedicated to Philaret, Metropolitan of Moscow and Kolomna.
The city’s military, commercial and industrial history is illustrated with authentic materials from the city’s collections, products of medieval artisans, Western European and Russian interior, clothing and household items from the 18th–19th centuries, paintings, documents, photographs, models and items produced by the Kolomna industrial enterprises.
Exhibits are marked with AR stickers for identification purposes.
Kolomna’s second major role is that of trade. The visitor will find ceremonial portraits of merchants from the first quarter of the 19th century. The “Portrait of a Merchant Woman in a Cherry Shawl” depicts the image of Kolomna’s dominant class of the 18th and 19th centuries. There is also an interesting floor clock made in England in the late 18th and early 19th centuries that belonged to Maria Shevlyagina, a well-known Kolomna philanthropist.
From the second half of the 19th century, Kolomna became an industrial and cultural center of the Moscow region. The exhibition describes the life of the town during this period and the charity work of famous Kolomna residents. The development of Kolomna industry is vividly illustrated. A separate section is dedicated to Philaret, Metropolitan of Moscow and Kolomna.
The city’s military, commercial and industrial history is illustrated with authentic materials from the city’s collections, products of medieval artisans, Western European and Russian interior, clothing and household items from the 18th–19th centuries, paintings, documents, photographs, models and items produced by the Kolomna industrial enterprises.
Exhibits are marked with AR stickers for identification purposes.
