Մոլոգայի երկրամասի Ն. Մ. Ալեքսեևի անվան թանգարան, Regional museum in Rybinsk, Russia.
The museum occupies a former chapel building and displays over 300 objects from territories that went underwater. The collection includes furniture, household items, and religious artifacts recovered through excavations in the Rybinsk Reservoir area.
In the 1940s, construction of the Rybinsk Reservoir flooded the city of Mologa and roughly 700 villages. The museum preserves the memory of this event and how an entire region disappeared beneath the water.
The museum displays items from everyday life and religious objects belonging to people from the submerged region. These collections tell stories of the families and communities that once lived in this territory.
The museum is located in a quiet building that is easy to reach on foot. Visitors should expect a compact display of artifacts and can typically view the entire collection within an hour or two.
Much of the museum's collection was recovered by divers and archaeologists directly from the reservoir itself, making it a rare example of underwater archaeology in the region. These objects tell stories of a life that was literally swallowed by the modern world.
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