Слайд 2Srostki village is situated on the 36th km of the famous Chuisk
road which connects Russia and both Mongolia and China. This road has its starting
point in Biysk city; it's a part of
M52 international route Novocibirsk-
Barnaul-Biysk-Tashanta
Слайд 3Vasili Makarovich Shukshin (July 25, 1929, the village Srostki Bijski district of
the Altai Territory) – a Russian writer, film director, actor.
Слайд 4 Shukshin State Memorial was founded in 1978 in the village of
Srostky.
1978-1991 - Shukshin House-Museum (Branch of the Altai Museum of Regional Ethnography).
Since 1991 it has the status of Shukshin State Memorial.
At the Jubilee Shukshin's Birthday Celebrations in 1999 the museum was given the status of All-Russian museum.
Слайд 5At present Shukshin Museum consists of Mother's House with the memorial domestic
exposition and the former Srostky School building. Now this building houses the historical literary exposition "Life and Creative Work of V.M.Shukshin".
Слайд 6The house, where V.M. Shukshin spent his childhood and youth.
Слайд 7In this house the Shukshins lived from 1940 to 1957.
A great
period in the life of Vasili Makarovich: schooling, technical school, here he returned after the army, worked in the school, went to study in Moscow.
In January 2002, the house was opened as the museum. In July the memorial exhibition was presented :"Far winter evenings" with the personal photographs and letters from the archives of the mother.
Слайд 8School class (memorial exhibit)
Vasili studied in this class in 1944, submitted by
his secondary school diploma . In this room one can see his desk, his textbooks, copybooks.
Слайд 9The sculpture of V.Shukshin made by V. Klykov was erected in 1985.
The park laid in 1979 with a beautiful flowerbed, birch trees, mountain ash, fir trees, rose is now on the place of former kitchen garden.
Слайд 10Picket Hill (local name Bicket) is known far outside the village as
the venue since 1976 Shukshin readings - the national literary festival. This is one of the most attractive places of the village.
Слайд 11In the whole field of the history Russian people have collected, saved,
made respectable such qualities not to be reconsidered as honesty, industry, kindness... Believe me, it was not for nothing - our songs, our tales, our victories too hard to win, our crosses. Don't give it all just like this. We knew how to live. Remember that. Be a man.
V. Shukshin
Слайд 12Every year, on Sunday closest to July 25 - the birthday of
V.M. at the picket Shukshin’s holiday is held - the final part of Shukshin’s days in Altai.