Cultural-Historical Value of Museum-Estate of G.I. Choros-Gurkin

One of the central problems of cultural heritage is its preservation and promotion. Special attention should be paid to the museum-estate of the first professional artist in Siberia G.I. Choros-Gurkin located in the village Anos Chemalsky area of the Altai Republic. Grigory Choros-Gurkin (18701937) was an artist , a graduate of the icon painting studio of the Altai Spiritual Mission, a pupil of I.I. Shishkin, a representative of the St. Petersburg school of landscape art, brought up on the democratic traditions of Russian ideological realism of the late nineteenth - early twentieth centuries, a writer, and a public figure, an educator, a spokesman of spiritual aspiration of Altai people, the beauty and richness of the ancient land. The creative method G.I. Gurkin, based on the traditions of Russian landscape school, and a close, loving study of Altai nature and national culture, was decisive for the formation of fine art features of Altai. Gurkin's masterpieces like "Lake of Mountain Spirits ", " Khan-Altai ", " Crown of Katun ", " Lake Karakol ", " Katun In the Spring ", " Belukha " and others reached a big fame. The study on the history, restoration and development prospects of the museum-estate was provided by the relatives V.G. Gurkin, P.I. Karalkin; museum workers V.V. Murnin, R.M. Erkinova; researchers V.I. Edokov, T.M. Stepanskaya, G.I. Pribytkov, the poet and public figure Y. Tudeneva etc. The Anos mansion, built at the expense of the artist in 1903, consisted of a dwelling house, an art studio , a six-sided ail , a large garden and a pond. It was the center of cultural development. The prominent representatives of culture and science like A.V. Anokhin, G.N. Potanin, G.D. Grebenshikov, V.Y. Shishkov, A.L. Koptelov, I. Efremov, G. Vyatkin, I.M. Tachalov, N.Y. Nikiforov, Repin's pupil S.M. Prokhorov, I.I. Tyutikov and others have visited the estate. The idea of creating an artistic center in the village Anos belongs to G.I. Choros-Gurkin. The attempts to revive the museum-estate of G.I.Choros - Gurkin were conducted in 1957, 1982, 1989. An extensive renovation of the mansion museum started in 2005. In 2006 it was awarded with the status of Memorial Museum. A historical landmark is the home of the artist that was built by self-taught masters who knew the secrets of building crafts. The workshop was restored too; now it features the reproductions of the first national landscape painter and offers guided tours for tourists. The plan for the reconstruction of the museum - estate was based on the recollections of his contemporaries, the son Vasiliy, the grandchildren of G.I.Gurkin, the villagers of Anos V.S. Keresheva, E.P. Krut'ko, E.E. Chechegoeva, E.P. Zakhar'eva, V.F. Tozyyakova etc. The landscape painter had found his inspiration in Altai nature, and therefore one of the main goals in the restoration of the museum-estate is recreation of the cultural landscape as in the lifetimes of the artist .

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