Primorskiy District

• Malye Korely: Village ensembles from the Kargopol-Onega, Dvina, Pinega and Mezen sectors, set among spruce forests.
• Uemsky: The Primorye Museum of Folk Crafts and Handicrafts permanently displays “Gostinaya Seni Maliny.”
• Lopshenga: The airport museum recreates the everyday atmosphere of the 1970s.
• Festivities in Malye Korely include Maslenitsa, Easter, New Year, Christmas, the Bread Festival, the Horse Festival, the Hay Festival and Bell-Ringing Day.

The Primorye Museum of Folk Crafts and Handicrafts in Uemsky permanently displays the exhibition “Gostinaya Seni Maliny.” In Malye Korely, village ensembles from the Kargopol-Onega, Dvina, Pinega and Mezen sectors are set among spruce forests. They include traditional houses, storage buildings, wells and fences. The sector names organize the ensembles; the selection extends beyond dwellings to buildings and facilities used for various activities.

On display are the mechanism of a large tent-roofed windmill, large residential and farmhouses belonging to wealthy peasants from Kargopol or Pomor communities, the interior of a Dvina-region inn, a forge from Kholmogory, a fisherman's house and a hunter's hut. Malye Korely thus brings together different architectural styles and areas of work.

The interiors of the farmsteads convey the skill of Northern Russian carpenters while also introducing themes from everyday life: fishing, grain cultivation and household management sit alongside wedding customs and historical means of transport. The thematic range therefore extends from skilled building to work and home life, as well as customs and travel. Those interested in wooden architecture will find not only individual buildings here, but also insights into the different uses and areas of life conveyed by the interiors.

Festivities held in Malye Korely include Maslenitsa, Easter, New Year, Christmas, the Bread Festival, the Horse Festival, the Hay Festival and Bell-Ringing Day. Adults and children take part in festive customs and folk entertainment, sing to accordion music and swing. These communal customs and activities complement the exploration of historic buildings and objects. The occasions listed offer different ways to engage with the festivities, without requiring a visit on any particular date.

The airport museum in Lopshenga transports visitors to the 1970s: furniture, furnishings and other details create the atmosphere of that era. Its themed areas include a ticket office, buffet and lost-property corner. An area for mothers and children features recordings of fairy tales; a telephone in a small post office lets visitors listen to conversations from the airport. Other areas cover aviation technology, airport staff and medical aviation. Unlike the village ensembles in Malye Korely, the focus here is on everyday airport life, aviation and the people who worked there.

The cultural and historical ensemble of the Solovetsky Islands and the Solovetsky Archipelago is also located within the wider destination of Arkhangelsk Oblast. The medieval road and irrigation systems of the Solovetsky Islands blend harmoniously into the surrounding natural and cultural landscape. The Solovetsky Archipelago ensemble includes a monastery fortress dating from the 15th to the early 20th century, as well as sacred sites and dozens of settlements dating from the 6th to the 1st millennium BC.

The Malye Korely Museum is included in the State Register of Particularly Valuable Cultural Heritage Sites of the Peoples of the Russian Federation. Its architectural and landscape exhibition features more than 100 monuments of wooden architecture from Arkhangelsk Oblast.

Explore the pages for Rikasikha and Yarenga too.

Discover more destinations: Plesetskiy rayon, gorod Novodvinsk, Mezenskiy rayon, Vel'skiy Rajon, Kargopol Rajon, Nyandomskiy rayon.

How do Uemsky, Malye Korely and Lopshenga differ?

Uemsky features the permanent exhibition “Gostinaya Seni Maliny,” Malye Korely focuses on village architecture and everyday life, and the airport museum in Lopshenga recreates the atmosphere of the 1970s.

What do adults and children do at the festivals in Malye Korely?

They take part in festive customs and folk entertainment, sing to accordion music and swing.

Which era does the airport museum in Lopshenga depict?

Furniture, furnishings and other details create the atmosphere of the 1970s there.

For the overview of the wider destination: Arkhangelsk Oblast.