Information
- Location
- West Kazakhstan Region, Akzhaik District
- Period
- 1919 – 1957
- Category
- Historical and cultural monuments of republican significance
- Type
- Сomplex, Architectural monument, Urban planning
- Kind
- Monuments of urban planning and architecture
Description
The complex of the V.I. Chapayev Museum includes: the headquarters of the 25th Chapayev Division, now the V.I. Chapayev Memorial Museum, the place of V.I. Chapayev's death and the mass grave of the Chapayevites.
The building of the memorial museum is an old two-storey building – the house of merchant S. Manzhukov, built in 1854.
In August 1919, the headquarters of the 25th Infantry Division, commanded by V.I. Chapayev, was located there. The museum was opened in 1941, in 1959, by the decision of the Central Committee of the CPSU and the Government of Kazakhstan, the Republican Museum of V.I. Chapayev was opened. The exposition dedicated to the life and work of V.I. Chapayev and the glorious path of the 25th Infantry Division is located in 5 halls.
The first hall recreates the era of V.I. Chapayev, the second hall highlights materials, dedicated to the uprising of Kazakh peasants under the leadership of the national hero Isatay Taimanov and the poet–patriot Makhambet Utemisov. The exposition of the third hall is dedicated to the 65th anniversary of the victory of the Great Patriotic War. The fourth hall is dedicated to the life and work of the people's writer Zh. Moldagaliyev. The fifth hall is dedicated to the Independence of Kazakhstan, where the achievements of the Akzhaik district over the years of independence in the field of economy, education, medicine, culture, sports and tourism are presented.