The wedding of Pavel Petrovich Bazhov and Valentina Alexandrovna took place on July 1 (according to the new style on July 16), 1911 in the St. Nicholas Church in the village of Kashinskoye of the Kamyshlovsky District. They lived together happily for the rest of their lives.
The relationship between the spouses was built on deep mutual love and friendship, respect and complete trust, which, according to Valentina Alexandrovna’s memoirs, they carried to the very end.
By the turning point in 1917, the young family already had three children and their own house with a garden in Yekaterinburg. But during the revolutionary years Bazhov was forced to flee to Siberia and Altai. At the beginning of this journey, Pavel Petrovich managed to see his wife and newborn son, but it was by no means a happy date: the mother had scarlet fever, and the baby was dying. Having barely recovered from the illness and buried her son, Valentina Alexandrovna gathered the children and went to her husband in Ust-Kamenogorsk. The long-awaited meeting took place in late 1919 — early 1920.
When the Soviet Union was established, the family returned to their house in 1923, which is now a house-museum, and the couple never left again. Their youngest daughter, Ariadna, was born here.
In the 1930s, Bazhov often went on work trips. The museum has preserved very warm, sometimes dramatic, sometimes fun, letters of the spouses, which testify to their closeness.
The relationship between the spouses was built on deep mutual love and friendship, respect and complete trust, which, according to Valentina Alexandrovna’s memoirs, they carried to the very end.
By the turning point in 1917, the young family already had three children and their own house with a garden in Yekaterinburg. But during the revolutionary years Bazhov was forced to flee to Siberia and Altai. At the beginning of this journey, Pavel Petrovich managed to see his wife and newborn son, but it was by no means a happy date: the mother had scarlet fever, and the baby was dying. Having barely recovered from the illness and buried her son, Valentina Alexandrovna gathered the children and went to her husband in Ust-Kamenogorsk. The long-awaited meeting took place in late 1919 — early 1920.
When the Soviet Union was established, the family returned to their house in 1923, which is now a house-museum, and the couple never left again. Their youngest daughter, Ariadna, was born here.
In the 1930s, Bazhov often went on work trips. The museum has preserved very warm, sometimes dramatic, sometimes fun, letters of the spouses, which testify to their closeness.
