The village of Martynovo, located far from civilization and large cities, is unique in all respects .This is a real inhabited village, which is very rare today, all residents here are local residents, no summer residents .And the most interesting is that Martynovo has a unique opportunity to get acquainted with the mores and life of a modern peasant .In the Katzkare museum (subethnos living in the West of the Yaroslavl region) one can get acquainted with the traditional way of life, take part in village gatherings, play games, watch performances and even taste a bonfire .

A paragraph of history

The origin of the village Martynovo is explained by the legend .In ancient times on the river Gryazde lived the spouses Martyn and Marya, but quarreled because of unknown reasons, and Martyn left and put himself a new hut upstream .After a while, Martyn and Marya reconciled, and again began to live together now in a new place, where later the village of Martynovo grew .By the way, in historical documents, you can find some confirmation of this version .So in the "Uglic scribe books" of the 17th century mention is made of the village of Marino in Gryazd, and later it appears nearby Martynovo .

The history of the village is inextricably linked with the history of the Katzkari, a small ethnic group that has since ancient times inhabited these lands, which are called the Kadsky volost or Kadsky camp (from the name of the small Kadyka river) .The Katskari have their own dialect, so that a stranger can not understand what the conversation is about .The first mention of the volost refers to 1461, and is found in the will of Basil II .Katskari takes care of their history, thanks to which many, truly unique traditions have been preserved .Coming to Martynovo, you can get to know the unique way of life and customs of local residents .

What to see

Martynovo is a real museum under the open sky, everywhere there are ancient peasant huts with characteristic ornaments, but the main pride is the unique in all Russia Museum of Katzkari. The museum is a complex of ancient peasant huts from the 19th - early 20th century.

The exposition center is a large house built in 1911 .Here you can see all the parts of the building - the porch, the canopy, the subway, the closet, the gandarey, the lights, look into the courtyard and the eworian and into the arban .The collection contains rare exhibits, typical for the Kadskoy volost .For example, a tuzlyk (colander from spruce roots), turn (a linen bridle), a thunderbolt (a rattle from a bull's bubble) .In addition to directly inspecting the museum, cheerful and cognitive games and performances are held here .For children, they arrange a quiz "A real stuntman! ", And for adults played" Komennichanya "- traditional gatherings with jokes, disguises and jokes .Performances take place in the dialect of Kats, which adds color .

Coordinates

From Moscow to Martynovo 270 kilometers, the road will take about 5, 5 hours. You need to go along Yaroslavl highway, in Sergiev Posad turn to Uglich. After Uglich move in the direction of Polino and Burmese. The distance from Uglich is about 50 kilometers.

House of the Katzkari Museum, Martynovo

Inside the hut, Katzkare Museum, Martynovo

Martynovo

Ancient documents and letters, Katzkarei Museum, Martynovo

Utensils, Katzkarei Museum, Martynovo