Museum of Deportation in Vologda, Political history museum in Vologda, Russia.
The Museum of Deportation in Vologda documents forced relocations across different periods of Russian history. Its collection features artifacts, photographs, and official documents that chronicle these events through primary sources.
The two-storey wooden house on M. Ulyanovoy Street held Joseph Stalin during his Vologda exile from December 1911 to February 1912. A Stalin museum opened there in 1937, became a museum of Bolshevik revolutionary activity in 1956, and closed before the present Vologda Exile museum opened in 2007. A monument to Stalin was unveiled in the courtyard on 21 December 2024, his 145th birthday.
The museum displays personal belongings and letters from deportees, offering insight into how they lived during forced relocations. These everyday objects create a direct connection to the experiences of those who were displaced.
The museum occupies a two-storey wooden house on M. Ulyanovoy Street. The memorial room of Joseph Dzhugashvili, which he occupied during his exile, forms the central part of the display, and the most varied material on the exiles is kept in pull-out stands on the first floor. A monument to Stalin was unveiled in the courtyard on 21 December 2024.
The collection includes original shackles and transport equipment used during deportations. These physical objects reveal the concrete methods and conditions under which people were forcibly moved.
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