Ribinsk Tourist Information
Ribinsk is one of the most ancient towns of the North-East Russia. The excavations round the town revealed the facts proving the existence of the Bronze Age dwellings in this region. The settlement called the grave-yard Ust-Sheksna preceding to Ribinsk is referred to in the chronicle dating to 1071. In 1137 Charter of Immunity of Novgorod Prince Svjatoslav Olegovich named this settlement "Ribansk" for the first time.
Ribinsk Museum-Preserve of History, Architecture and Art, founded in 1910, is one of the greatest museums of the Upper Volga. The museum houses interesting collections of minerals and insects belonged to the old Russian family Michalkovs. In 1918 furniture, plates and dishes, painting, some works of the West-European Art and decorative Art of the 18-19th centuries were taken from the family estate of Michalkovs and became the exhibits of the museum.
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