This complex is located in the center of Surgut, on the shore of Saimaa. To the historical and ethnographic center is the territory on which 14 houses are built, copying historical wooden city buildings. Once these houses were in different parts of Surgut, and today they can be used to conclude what the city looked like by the beginning of the 20th century.

The center opened in 1999. The center includes the Nature House, the Journalists' House, the House of Indigenous People peoples of the North, House of Cossacks, House of Local History, Center of Crafts and School-Museum named after AS Znamensky. Also on the territory of the complex you can see a wooden church in the name of all the saints in the Siberian land. In each of these buildings you can go to examine it from the inside. Regularly on the territory of the center are holidays, training events, fairs, workshops and exhibitions.

The beautiful temple of all the saints is the most notable construction of the complex . It was created in 2001 . and reflects the traditions of the primordial northern Russian church architecture . The temple project was awarded the "Architecture and Urbanism" award in 2001 . It's beautiful construction of a height of almost 24 m . With several tiers and porch . The building stands almost in the same place where you could see the Nativity of the Virgin church . Today it is the only wooden church of Surgut, and it performs its direct functions . Here festive services are held, and in one from the premises - and exhibitions related to the spiritual values ​​of Siberia, the iconography and the heritage of Orthodox culture .

The Craft Center is much less presentable outside: it is a simple two-story building, the only one in the city . But inside there are art workshops, according to traditions, including the indigenous peoples of the North . On the first floor there is a weaving workshop "Makosh", where you can see for yourselves how decorative and applied art objects are created: in particular, how to weave in different old technologies - on the plaques, on the hands, on the machine from the beginning of the 20th century . At the house there is a souvenir shop where you can, for example, buy clothes or textiles decorated with original ornaments of Khanty and Mansi . Also souvenir, beaded decorations, charms and accessories from leather and wood . You can also see here a permanent museum exposition . In the House of Crafts there are regular master classes on work with ceramics, weaving, patchwork, embroidery and making traditional dolls .

The House of Indigenous Peoples of the North is also a museum where a permanent exposition "Daily life and traditions of the Ugric peoples" is open . Here you can see a variety of ethnographic artifacts, including objects of decorative and applied art, household utensils, clothes and shoes, toys . In front of the house outside there is a small exhibition simulating a traditional camp, with a plague, a storage room, a bread oven . People's music groups often perform in the house, Artisans such as Voroniy day, and conduct training programs . Among the activities that take place in the center are traditional gaming competitions, for example, archery, and master classes on making beaded, wooden, birch bark or woven handicrafts . In the plague you can taste national dishes from venison, pike, caviar and t . d .

In the House of History of the Surgut Cossacks, an exposition "The City of Staviti ... is ordered ...", which tells about the foundation of Surgut and its role in it Cossacks. The exposition is quite modernly designed to immerse the spectators in the atmosphere of the 16th century. So, in the main hall you can see three-dimensional models, and in the next - look at the interior of the old Cossack dwelling.

The nature house is something like a museum of natural history. There is an exhibition "Flora and Fauna of Surgutsky District", created on the basis of the Yuganskiy Reserve and the Surgutsky Wildlife Sanctuary. In the course of her inspection, you can see stuffed animals, herbarium, a collection of insects, see author's videos about nature. One of the highlights of the exposition can be considered the bones of prehistoric animals: a wild horse, a rhinoceros, a mammoth. Another focus part of the exposition is a diorama reflecting the modern ecosystem of Surgut

School-Museum is exactly copying the elementary music school, which worked until the 1990s. in Surgut. Here in the stylized room under the old classroom you can see the exposition "To be useful to people", which is devoted to education in Siberia. The exposition contains photographic materials, old textbooks, instruments from the physical laboratory, a school uniform.

The journalists' house is a kind of cultural center of Surgut, where not only journalists but also representatives of other creative professions gather. There, on an ongoing basis, exhibitions of paintings, photographs and objects of arts and crafts are organized. Also there are events: conferences, seminars, lectures and art readings.

The house of the regional specialist is dedicated to those people who made the most significant contribution to the study of the history of the region. On the exposition of the "Local History of Surgut" you can get acquainted with historical personalities, their documents, books, photos.

Center "Old Surgut" offers its visitors, adults and children, many opportunities for both serious study of the city, and just for fun. Here you can, for example, take a picture in a national costume, go skating or play chess. Children can jump on the trampoline, ride an electric car, visit the master classes. There is a cafe of traditional cuisine on the territory. Also, the employees of the center conduct private tours around the city.

Practical information

Address: st. Energetikov, 2.

Opening hours: The center is open daily from 10:00 to 22:00. Exhibitions can be viewed from Wednesday to Sunday from 10:00 to 13:00 and from 14:00 to 18:00.

The entrance to the complex is free.

Excursion program for weekdays for adults: 60 RUB, for children up to 16 years old: 40 RUB, for adults: RUB 100, for children: RUB 50 (January 2015).