Volkonsky House Museum

The house of Decembrist Volkonsky was built in 1838 in the village of Urik, Irkutsk province. After 10 years of hard labor, the family was assigned to the village of Urik, where they lived until 1845. In time, Prince Volkonsky obtained permission to move to Irkutsk and moved his house with him. Gradually it became a place of attraction for the local intellectuals as many albeit educated officials, wanted to be in the company of the nobility. Balls and literary evenings were held in the house. The Volkonsky family left Irkutsk in 1856, and their house together with the furniture was bought by the mayor I.S.Khaminov. Later a craft school for orphans was opened here. In the early 1920s the house became an urban property and became residential, about 30 families lived there. Only in 1970 the House of Decembrists was created. The whole interior of the house is recreated conditionally, as only a few personal belongings of the nobles have been preserved, but the museum still continues to carry cultural and historical value.