Ethnographic Museum of Lazarevsky Photo: ethnographic Museum of Lazarevsky

Ethnographic Museum in the resort village Lazarevskoe introduces its guests to the national culture of the indigenous inhabitants of the black sea coast - the Adygs-Shapsugs, and with an interesting history of immigrants from countries of Russia, Georgia and Turkey to Sochi, in the second half of the XIX century and early XX art Museum is located close to the Central square of the village, on Victory street. The Museum exhibition is housed in the mansion of the merchant Popandopulo, built in the early XX art.

The official opening of the ethnographic Museum of Lazarevsky took place in 1990 In his organization took an active part in the Russian ethnographic Museum, the national Museum of the Republic of Adygea and others.

The Museum displays relics from the age of 4-5 thousand years. Here you can also see a collection of weapons, everyday objects from the middle ages, found in the burial tombs of the Circassian graves" in Sochi, rare books and photographs. In total the Museum has about 1,000 items.

Museum visitors will be able to learn many interesting facts about dolmen culture that was common in this region in the III - II Millennium BC, and see the tools Shapsugs. The Shapsugs were experienced herders and farmers, great gunsmiths, blacksmiths and potters. Visitors to the Museum can admire the Adyghe women's holiday clothing from dark velvet and adorned with gold embroidery, gold plated clasps and silver braid.

Near ethnographic Museum of Lazarevsky are the remains of the coastal defenses Lazarevskoye Fort. Near district hospital are the ruins of the fortress bastions and ramparts, as well as continuing with the founding of the Fort cannon "Unicorn".

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