SEMILUZHKI (Tomsky District), Jul 18 – RIA Tomsk. The construction of the museum-house of Tsesarevich Nicholas in Semiluzhki was completed, only the primary exposition placed there, the main exhibits will be installed until the end of the year; technical opening will be held on July 22 – at the "Smith's Holiday", the head of the Tomsky District administration Vladimir Lukyanov said on Tuesday.
Earlier it was reported that the construction of the copy of the guest house, where tsesarevich stayed during the eastern travel in the XIX century, has to be completed in the summer of 2016 in the village of Semiluzhki, Tomsk region. For this project were budgeted about 3 million rubles. The contract with the contractor was terminated due to the violation of the terms of work, it was mastered about 1 million. The new contractor has to complete the work in 2017.
On Tuesday, during his trip around the Tomsky District, the head of the Tomsk region Sergey Zhvachkin visited the museum.
"We planned to open the museum for the "Smith's Holiday" (July 22). The building was built, the primary exposition was placed. But the main content will be mounted later, all the exhibits were not yet prepared by the Museum of local lore", – Lukyanov said RIA Tomsk, adding that during the "Smith's Holiday" "technical" opening of the museum will take place.
As Lukyanov reported, the museum will one more place of interest of the cultural and historical Semiluzhensky complex, which objects include the Cossack jail, a pond and local house of culture. The representative of the Museum of local lore specified that the main exposition in museum-house will be established during 2017."In such museum the main thing is – philosophy. Not just the story about that Semiluzhki and Tomsk were visited by Nicholas Alexandrovich, the future emperor, but also why he basically did his Eastern journey. It must be noted that he visited the grave of Fedor Kuzmich – it's interesting. It's necessary that people have a sense to go here", – said the head of the Tomsk region Sergey Zhvachkin.
Earlier it was reported, that the eastern travel of Tsesarevich Nicholas Alexandrovich – is a trip of 1890-1891 during which future tsar Nicholas II traveled almost all Eurasia and stopped in Tomsk in the road pavilion built for him by Kukhterins merchants. The authorities planned to restore the house in the Tomsk village of Semiluzhki in 2013, then schedules shifted.