Sukachev Estate Museum

In the 19th century, the estate belonged to Vladimir Platonovich Sukachev, who was the city mayor, patron, founder of the art gallery in Irkutsk. In 1880-1890s the mansion was the center of cultural and social life of Irkutsk. In the collection of V.P. Sukachev were works by famous authors such as: Brullov P.A., Repin I.E., Aivazovsky I.A., Kivshenko A.D. After the death of V.P. Sukachev in 1920, the mansion was handed over by his wife to the Soviet authorities. In the 1920s-1930s it housed the school-commune “New Life”, later - the Children’s Home, in the 1950s - a kindergarten. In 1986 the estate was transferred to the Irkutsk Art Museum. Since that time restoration work has been carried out on the collection. In November 2000 the first restored object - the guest wing - was restored, and on May 16, 2001 a memorial exposition was opened in it. At present, the Museum Estate of V.P. Sukachev is a functioning museum.