In 2004, the Bazhov Room was opened at the Museum of Stone-Cutting and Jewelry Art History. A series of decorative panels which were based on Pavel Bazhov’s Ural tales and made by artists of the creative workshop “Paleshane” are displayed on its walls.

The panel by Boris Kukuliev, created in the Palekh lacquer miniature style, shows Pavel Bazhov surrounded by children. They have gathered around a small fire with a kettle hanging over it. In the background, one can see the forest, mountains, clouds and the setting sun. Between them, the artist painted a small village with a church and a bell tower, a deer and a hunter.

Pavel Bazhov was born in the village of Sysert (formerly — Sysertsky plant), in a working-class family. By the age of 20, he graduated from a theological seminary, but did not want to become a priest and began teaching — first at a rural school, then at the Yekaterinburg Women’s School. There he met his future wife, Valentina Ivanitskaya.

The first edition of the collection of his Ural tales “The Malachite Box” was published in 1939. During the life of the author, it was supplemented and republished several times. Besides grandfather Slyshko, other characters had real prototypes. For example, Danila Zverev, a specialist in precious stones extraction, became master Danila in the works “The Stone Flower”, “The Mountain Craftsman” and “A Fragile Twig”. In the tale “Ivanko Krylatko” (Ivan the Wingy) Bazhov described Zlatoust gunsmith Ivan Bushuev.