Location: Chapaev Street (Улица Чапаева) 264
Constructed: 19th century
Postal Station is a small one storey white building that was constructed in the 19th century. It is situated in the historic city center adjacent to the Aksay Military History Museum. In addition to the main caretaker house Postal Station also has the hotel building for guests, carriage house, a well and a gazebo for relaxing. Aksay Postal Station is less famous for its architecture, but for people who once passed through these lands. This included Griboedov, Lermontov, Leo Tolstoy, Tchaikovsky, Pushkin and many other famous historical figures. The exposition of the Postal Station in Aksay contains a collection dedicated to horse- drawn transport used by the mailing service in Russian in the 19th century. Additionally there are numerous original items from the 19th century that were commonly used at the time.
Description
Part of the Aksai Military History
Museum. The museum cooperates with educational institutions,
organizations and enterprises of the city. For visitors, lectures
are given on the history of the city and the Don region, excursions
and various events are held.
Postal station is an
architectural complex of residential and commercial buildings
located in the center of the city of Aksai near the former crossing
of the Don River. The museum has several permanent exhibitions held
in the museum building.
The museum recreates the appearance
of a typical post office from the 19th century.
On the
territory of the museum are located:
the postmaster's house,
hotel building,
well,
carriage shed and
gazebo for
relaxation.
The station is a cultural heritage site of Russia.
Exhibitions
The central exhibition of the Museum "Post in
Aksai" acquaints tourists with the history of the village post
office. The post office operated here already in the 18th century
and was the prototype of modern bus stations. Stagecoaches and
carriages were received here around the clock. The interior of the
post station has been recreated in the museum building.
There
are permanent exhibitions on the territory of the museum:
the
exhibition "Ancient Chronicle of Aksai", which presents fossils and
remains of ancient plants and animals, as well as archaeological
finds from the Stone Age, the Bronze Age, the Iron Age and the
Middle Ages, found in the Aksai River basin.
in the building of
the carriage shed and in the courtyard, a collection of horse-drawn
vehicles of the late 19th - early 20th centuries is exhibited -
bogies, sleighs, carriages, phaetons and chaise.
Holidays
Every year, on the first Saturday of June, a "Pushkin holiday" is
held at the post station in honor of A. Pushkin's visit to the
village of Aksayskaya in 1820 and 1829.
History
The museum
has been operating since 1992.
Alexander Pushkin, Mikhail
Lermontov, Alexander Griboyedov, Lev Tolstoy, Alexey Tolstoy,
Nicholas I, Alexander I, Alexander II, Pyotr Tchaikovsky, Nikolai
Raevsky, exiled Decembrists and other prominent figures of the
Russian Empire passed through the Aksai post station in different
years.
In 1985, near the current entrance to the museum, the
Crossing monument was unveiled, which is a military truck on an
inclined pedestal. Anti-aircraft guns are installed on a pedestal
next to the truck. The monument was erected in memory of the events
of the Great Patriotic War. In 1941-1943, the village of Aksayskaya
was twice occupied by the German fascist invaders. There were fierce
battles here. In 1942, the anti-aircraft battery of the 3rd division
of the 485th artillery regiment covered the evacuation of the city's
residents through the Don.