Описание (английский)
Kirov, formerly known as Vyatka (Вя?тка) and Khlynov (Хлы?нов), is a city and the administrative center of Kirov Oblast, Russia, located on the Vyatka River.
Khlynov was first mentioned in 1374. It was incorporated into the Grand Duchy of Moscow in 1489 and became known throughout Russia for its clay statuettes and whistles. It was also managed by Khanate of Kazan
and was known as "H?l?n". The town's oldest surviving monument is the
Assumption Cathedral (1689), an imposing structure surmounted by five
globular domes.
In 1780, Catherine the Great renamed the town Vyatka and made it the seat of Vyatka Governorate.
The town also served as a place of exile, notably for Alexander Herzen, Alexander Vitberg, and Mikhail Saltykov-Shchedrin. By the end of the 19th century, it was an important station on the Trans-Siberian railway. In December 1934, it was renamed for the Soviet leader Sergey Kirov,
who had been assassinated on December 1. However, whilst the name Kirov
has remained since the dissolution of the Soviet Union, numerous
institutions such as the university bear the former name of Vyatka.
Museums
- Kirov Regional Museum
- Kirov Regional Art Museum in honor V.M. and A.M. Vasnetsov
Vyatka Museum of Art, one of the oldest museums in Russia, was founded in 1910 by local artists.
The idea of creation belongs to natives of Vyatka land, brothers artists Viktor Vasnetsov and Apollinary Vasnetsov.
At the core of the collection — works that received the most part in
the 1910-1920s from the State Museum Fund, private collections and as
gifts — from patrons and artists. Today the museum has more than fifteen
thousand exhibits and is located in four buildings in Kirov downtown.
- Museum of K.E. Tsiolkovsky, Aviation & Space
- Vyatka cabinet of curiosities
- Kirov diorama
- House-Museum of M.E. Saltykov-Shchedrin
- Museum of A. Green
- House-Museum of N. Khokhryakova
- Kirov exhibition hall
- Kirov Planetarium
- Vyatka paleontological museum