In beautiful, hospitable Udmurtia, not far from the village of
Igra, there is a small village called Sep. It contains the origins
of Udmurt culture, where Udmurt speech is an integral part of the
village. Almost all residents are ethnic Udmurts. Life in the
countryside is not only about enjoying beautiful nature, but also
about a lasting feeling of freedom and even alienation from reality.
Sep - three small cozy streets (Truda, Shkolnaya and Yuzhnaya), a
little over 400 residents and the Sep river, dividing the village
into two parts. Modest houses, friendly residents, children greeting
unfamiliar guests.
The village could have been the most
ordinary and inconspicuous if not for its active residents, their
desire to do good deeds and create. Yes, so that not only people
would not leave, but, on the contrary, young people would return to
the village. Until recently, everything here was dilapidated and
faded, the local club and library were falling into disrepair. But
one day everything changed and Sep blossoms! All this is thanks to
the efforts of local caring residents.
This village has
become famous for the Museum of Vanished Villages and the modern
House of Culture, which even the capital’s super-comfortable centers
can envy.
The "People's Museum of Vanished Villages" was
created on the initiative of local residents. The museum tells about
the fate of seven villages of the Igrinsky district of Udmurtia -
Bisar (Maly Pezhvay), Yzhnyuk (Verz-Palym), Pezhvay Yyl (Verkh
Pezhvay), Luzhany, Mitroki and Troitskoye (New Village), Nikolaevka,
Palym. These villages repeated the fate of thousands of villages in
Russia, falling under the program of liquidation of “unpromising”
villages. The villages disappeared one after another from the late
1960s to the 2000s.
The idea for the museum originates from
seven albums made at meetings of residents of disappeared villages
in 2014. The first “Day of Villages” holiday took place, they
created an album and submitted an application for a presidential
grant competition, but it was not supported then. In 2016-2017, the
museum creation team recorded memories, looked for photographs,
objects, songs, documents in the archives and submitted an
application to the Potanin Foundation to create a museum. This time
she was supported.
In addition, in the same year the museum
also received a presidential grant. In 2017, a lot of work was done
to develop the exhibition, build and create museum catalogs, but
this work does not end with the opening. The exhibition is
constantly updated.
The experience of creating a small museum
about disappeared villages is an attempt to tell about the fate of
an individual, a family, a settlement. To see the small, almost
imperceptible in the global history of the world. The museum is only
about seven villages, but in essence it is a big history and the
fate of thousands of settlements in Russia. And it was created in
memory of all the disappeared villages of the country.
The village is located 15 km east of the regional
center - the village of Igra. The village is located on both banks
of the river Sep.
Streets
On the territory of the village
there are Truda, Shkolnaya and Yuzhnaya streets.
In 2016-2018, at the initiative of the villagers, the People's
Museum of Disappeared Villages was created, dedicated to the history
of the villages of Bisar (Maly Pezhvai), Yzhnyuk (Verkh-Palym),
Pezhvai Yil (Verkh Pezhvai), Luzhany, Mitroki and Troitskoe (Novaya
Derevnya) , Nikolaevka, Palym, which existed until the beginning of
the XXI century on the territory of Udmurtia.
Since 2017,
every year at the end of May, in the vicinity of the village, the
festival "Italmas Flower Blossom Time" (Udm. Italmas syaskayaskon
hole) dedicated to the culture of the Udmurts has been held.
Folk Museum of Disappeared Villages
Excellent museum. It combines
a modern vision of museum art and traditional elements. Located from
Izhevsk about 100 km (1-1.5 hours drive). The villagers themselves
collected all the exhibits of this museum, which already makes it
unique. It is useful to visit for everyone who wants to get acquainted
with the life of the Udmurt villages and touch the history that is being
written right now!
Anastasia
I really liked the museum. A
combination of modern technologies (you can watch videos - interviews of
people who lived in the disappeared villages; special screens with
headphones are installed for this - it gives the impression of
communicating with a person) and a standard museum (antique utensils,
photographs), the guide answers all questions. Satisfied with the visit.
Youtube K
Museum unique for Russia. In the fall of 2018, the
"Cultural Quarter" will open here, continuing and developing the
traditions of the museum. Interesting exhibits, unusual interior design,
local guides
- Marina C