They say that the village of Khokhlovka (Perm Territory) every year attracts more and more visitors from around the world.
What is the reason for this popularity? Can a modest village really become the object of such close attention? Should I go there during my next vacation?
It turns out that all three of the questions posed above can be given a positive answer without any doubt.
This article will not only tell you about an amazing place called Khokhlovka (Perm Territory), the sights of which are really able to surprise even the most sophisticated tourist. The reader will also receive practical advice on how to get to this settlement, what to pay special attention to, and which objects to visit in the first place.
Section 1. General Description
The village of Khokhlovka (Perm Territory, by the way, has a fairly vast territory) is a small settlement that could live a rural life familiar in these parts, if not for one “but”. An amazing museum of wooden architecture was built in its vicinity. This object is located in the open air, and today is rightfully considered one of the main
attractions of the Urals.
Geographically on a map this place can be found 43 km from Perm, on the banks of the Kama River, not far from the village of the same name. The museum was created in the late 60s of the last century, but the opening took place only in 1980. The complex has a unique exhibition of 23 monuments of wooden architecture of the 17th-20th centuries.
Many samples were brought to the village of Khokhlovka (Perm Territory) from other areas, and almost all of them represent the best creations of Russian wooden architecture. Most of them feature interiors and exhibition complexes. The museum area is over 35 hectares and is divided into several sectors: North, North-West and South Prikamye. It should be noted that each of them has its own architectural features.
Section 2. Getting there
From the regional center to the village of Khokhlovka (Perm Territory, famous for its good transport links), bus number 340 runs from the bus station. Flights are made daily with an interval of about 4-5 hours. During this time, tourists can get acquainted with the expositions of the wooden town. The road takes about an hour and a half. At the same time, the route runs almost half the way in the city, following the Kama hydroelectric station. The museum can also be reached by car. The distance from Perm is 45 km.
Section 3. Museum buildings
So, what advise to see those who decided to go to the village of Khokhlovka? Unfortunately, the Perm Territory, as a whole of Russia as a whole, cannot boast an abundance of such places, which is why tourists, as they say, have their eyes widen on their first visit.
Of great interest are churches and industrial facilities designed for the extraction of salt. The construction of wooden temples is made in the tradition of folk Russian architecture. The salt-industrial complex includes: a brine-raising tower, a casket, a barn, a long barn and a huge chest weighing about a hundred tons. All these structures were brought here from the Ust-Borovsky Solikamsk plant.
A unique ensemble of wooden buildings with samples of residential architecture is presented in the Northern Prikamye sector. And in the South Prikamye you can see the Bogoroditsky church, brought from with. Tokhtarevo of the Suksunsky district, which is a monument of Russian architecture of the XVII century. Here is the bell tower of the Trinity Church, delivered to the museum from the village. Of cheese.
Section 4. History of creation
The idea of creating an open-air museum complex belonged to the famous architect A. S. Terekhin. It was this man who chose the place where the museum is located (Khokhlovka). The Perm Territory, due to the special climate, is suitable for such objects. There are no prolonged downpours and especially severe frosts, which means that the tree will be preserved in almost ideal conditions and will not require additional repairs for a long time.
The decision to open was made in April 1969. All work was carried out by Perm specialized scientific restoration workshops. The opening of the architectural and ethnographic museum took place in September 1980.
Section 5. One of the main objects of the village of Khokhlovka (Perm Territory): salt production complex
The history of Prikamye is closely related to salt production. The first salt mining began in the early 15th century. Large fishing centers were Solikamsk, Pyskor, Dedyukhin and Usolye.
An architectural ensemble dedicated to this craft is housed in a museum on the banks of the Kama River. All industrial facilities were brought from the factory of the city of Solikamsk. The founder of the saltworks was considered the industrialist A.V. Ryazantsev, who created the plant in 1882. However, the old saltworks closed in 1972.
Today, visitors to the complex can get acquainted with the technology of salt production. A well was drilled to pump this brine out of the ground. This usually took up to 5 years. After that, a pine matrix pipe was placed in the well, along which salt brine was lifted in tubs. Pumps appeared only in the XVII century.
Section 6. Churches: Transfiguration and Theotokos
“Orthodox monuments of the village of Khokhlovka. Perm Krai ”- a photo with this name is found, perhaps, in every second tourist who has already managed to visit this area. What is so unusual here?
Let's consider two main objects.
The Church of the Transfiguration in 1707 is notable for its complexity. They brought her in 1985 from with. Yanidor of the Cherdynsky district. The structure is 2.3 m high and consists of three parts stretched in a single line. The monument has an unusual completion of the central part: on the wedge-shaped roof there is a baptized barrel with a head. Domes and barrels are covered with an aspen share. Such an example of Russian architecture of those times was preserved only here. From the east and west the temple has two cuts - an altar and a refectory. In the XIX century, the building was used to store furs.
The interior of the temple consists of a portal leading from the gallery to the refectory. Inside there are carved jambs and altar ceilings. The ceilings are built of massive blocks, near the walls are benches.
Church of Bogoroditskaya at the end of the 17th century was brought in the early 80s of the XX century from s. Tokhtarevo Suksunsky area. According to the type of construction, the church belongs to the cage temples. The two-story building consists of an altar, a refectory and a porch. A barrel with a dome overlaps the altar. Domes of the central part and the altar, as well as the barrel are covered with a ploughshare. In the past, the temple was part of the complex, which included a church and a bell tower.
The temple basement with a height of 3 m was used to store grain, church gifts, etc. The interior of the church has a modest appearance - benches and a platform for worship.
Section 7. Bell Tower and Watchtower
The bell tower of 1781 belongs to the tent-type structures. This is the only monument of this kind preserved in the Perm region. In the museum, she was brought in the 70s from the village of Cheese, Suksun district. Here she was restored. The bell tower has an octagonal shape on which a belfry with nine pillars is mounted. A high tent with carved police officers completes the head drum covered with a share.
The watchtower, built in the XVII century, brought from with. The merchant of the Suksun district. It was the first museum object that appeared on the territory of Khokhlovka. Previously, the construction stood near the Siberian road on the Sylva River and was part of the Torgovishchensky prison, surrounded by a moat and a picket fence with towers. During a fire in 1899, the building burned down and was restored by peasants in 1905.
The tower’s quadrangle is cut out of condo wood. An octagon and a tent, previously covered with softwood logs, are placed on the four-slope roof. The top of the sentinel tower was crowned with a carved two-headed eagle made of wood.
Section 8. Hunting camp (1996)
The hunting camp was specially designed to enter the museum.
Hunting was one of the livelihoods of the northern peoples. Buildings of this kind were divided into several types: for storage (“chamya”) and for housing (“pyvzen”). Labase was installed on the trunk. To protect against rodents, the lower part of the trunk was cut. Inside the log house there is a stove-heater, poles for skins and clothes, wall hooks and pokes.
Section 9. Windmill and Firefighting
The mill, built by a wealthy peasant K. Rakhmanov in the 19th century, was brought from the village of Shikhari in the Ochersky district in 1977. The design is based on an octagonal log cabin, reminiscent of the northern tent-type religious buildings. The mill roof rotates in the
direction of the wind thanks to a special lever.
The fire station, built in the village of Skobelevka in the 30s of the last century, appeared in the museum in 1977. Utility rooms adjoin a rectangular structure with a protrusion. The watchtower is located on poles resting on walls of beams.
A bell is installed under the tent of the tower. Inside there are sledges and carts with hand pumps, as well as gigs with barrels for water.
Section 10. Similar objects of Russia
According to experienced travelers, far from the only Russian attraction of such a plan is Khokhlovka. Perm Territory can organize a weekend holiday perfectly, but those interested in this area will actually have to travel around the country.
You should also visit other similar museum objects with architectural and ethnographic expositions. Perhaps the most popular are the following:
- City Tchaikovsky. The museum complex "Saigatka" at the Tchaikovsky Museum of Local Lore.
- Chusovskoy ethnographic reserve, located near the town of Chusovo. Here, visitors can touch all museum exhibits with their hands.
- Many architectural monuments are located in the city of Usolye (Transfiguration Cathedral, the Stroganoff chambers, etc.).