In Osinsky District, the Osinsky Local History Museum explores several different topics: the history of a former church building, an ancient settlement, the Peasants’ War and natural history. The excursions also have their own focus areas, from dendrology to bird calls. When planning your visit, it is worth distinguishing between the exhibitions and the tours available on request.
History at the Osinsky Local History Museum
The Osinsky Local History Museum is housed in the former Cathedral of the Dormition. The building was constructed between 1792 and 1824 with funds provided by parishioners. It is a historical and architectural monument and was the city’s first stone building. The building itself therefore tells a long story of construction before the museum’s topics take centre stage.
The museum is also located on the site of the former Osinsky settlement, which existed from the 2nd century BC to the 3rd century AD. The building’s history and the settlement’s history thus take visitors through the past of the place across two distinctly different periods.
Exhibitions on the Peasants’ War and natural history
The exhibition “V ogne Krest'yanskoy voyny” covers the Peasants’ War of 1773–1775, led by E. Pugachev. It includes the diorama “Vzyatie E. Pugachyovym kreposti Osa”, which depicts the uprising and the actions of the rebels and the fortress defenders. Another exhibition is devoted to Osinsky District during the Second World War. Check its current availability before visiting.
The Museum of Nature of the Osa-Kama region is housed in a separate building. It displays more than 300 species of plants and animals, as well as minerals. The diorama “Priroda Osinskogo Prikamya” is Russia’s second-largest nature diorama. Its total area is 180 m², including the realistically designed foreground. These figures offer different insights: the number of species describes the diversity of the collection, while the area indicates the size of the diorama.
Excursions for different interests
On the dendrology museum excursion, participants look at trees and shrubs and learn about dendrology and the relationships between trees, lichens, fungi and animals. They also make their own “young dendrologist’s notebook” by collecting leaves. The ornithological excursion “Zvukovoy plener. Ptitsy” focuses on birds: participants watch them through binoculars, listen to their calls and try to imitate their bird songs. One tour thus centres on trees and their surroundings, while the other focuses on listening to bird calls.
Another tour takes visitors through the historic district of Osa and includes a visit to the open-air exhibition “Osa. Vremya masterov”. The three excursions described are available on request; arrange the details with the museum.
In the wider destination of Perm Region
In the wider destination of Perm Region, the Basegi Nature Reserve has two excursion routes: “K vershine Severnogo Basega” and “K Yuzhnomu Basegu”. The “K vershine Severnogo Basega” route starts at the checkpoint by the “Shchastlivyy” ranger post. It runs for 3,700 metres through taiga forest and for about 300 metres across mountain meadows. The route is 11 km long, including the return journey; the guided visit and rest take 5 to 8 hours. The excursion season runs from June to October. Check the current arrangements with the nature reserve before your trip.
The visitor centre at Basegi Nature Reserve has a small museum exhibition on the wildlife and plant life of Perm Region. Environmental education discussions, lectures, quizzes and games are held there regularly, sometimes accompanied by films or multimedia presentations about animals, plants, protected areas and Basegi Nature Reserve.
Discover more destinations: Dobryansky District, Perm, Gremyachinsk, Dobryansky District, Kishertsky District, Suksunsky District.
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