Museum of Don Cossacks

The Museum of history of Don Cossacks is a museum of artwork, culture and records of Don Cossacks in Novocherkassk, Rostov oblast, Russia. The oldest museum in Southern Russia, it become founded in 1886. Its collections, of which handiest 151,000 items is on permanent display, contain over 200,000 gadgets. The collections occupy a complicated of 4 historic homes in Novocherkassk: the main constructing on Atamanskaya avenue, Memorial House-Museum of painter Ivan Krylov, Memorial House-Museum of painter Mitrofan Grekov and the Ataman palace.

The establishing of the museum turned into preceded by means of most important efforts of neighborhood historians. The volunteers have been united in Society for Don antiquity. The museum constructing become constructed between 1894 and 1896. It turned into designed by using academician A. Yashchenko. The museum changed into erected by way of public donations at the start. 30,000 rubles have been accumulated. The military council of Russian Empire has supplied 45,000 rubles.The commencing ceremony took place on 22 November 1899.