Historical reconstruction of place and character as non-material museumification experience

The report, which represents an experience reflected nonmaterial museumfication of historical and cultural heritage of Tomsk city, is dedicated to historical elaborated modeling of place and personality according to the dwelling house and fate of the famous Tomsk citizen, who is Laureate of State Prize, Honored Scientist, and surgeon Andrey Grigoryevich Savinyh (1888-1963). Nonmaterial museumfica-tion is observed as a method focusing on preservation and documentation of significant historical and cultural monuments reflected historical authentic atmosphere of the Siberian city. At the same time nonmaterial museumfication promotes an expansion of major and minor museumfication objects through the preservation of historical memory of place. These objects not only form cultural and historical atmosphere by which we can easily recognize a city, but also serve as a place of residence. Axiological potential of minor objects requires actualization both for social adaptation and personal identification. The citizen, who scrutinizes the city as the small motherland, has a feeling of interaction with this place and with society living on this territory. The reason for elaborated historical modeling of place and personality through the nonmaterial muse-umfication was caused by necessity of such elaborated modeling of historical objects of heritage in Tomsk city. According to authors, historical modeling of place and personality includes the following: information about place (location of object, building process history, architecture, architecture replan-ning, family legends and stories regarding to house) and information about personality (family) who has been living here or lives in this house now. The separate parts of information joining together can represent true atmosphere of an excursion object which is filled with human nature in the boundaries of life area. The decided object, which is under scientific study, is the dwelling house located on Krasnoarmey-skaya street 85a which is owned by the scions of significant Soviet scientist and public figure Andrey Grigoryevich Savinyh (1888-1963). The name of A.G. Savinyh, who is Laureate of State Prize, Deputy of Supreme Soviet of USSR of the forth calls, Honored Scientist, Current Member of Academy of Medical Sciences, is perpetuated by street names and surgical hospital, where he has been working for more than 30 years. According to the scientific study and interview with the relatives of A.G. Savinyh, the history of house building, its architecture style (Soviet classicism in wooden architecture), initial house planning and, moreover, some family hobbies as musical evenings were determined. The unique photographs of this dwelling house during the last 60 years were found. As the result, this attempt to make historical modeling of place and personality allows to characterize it as the experience of nonmaterial museumfication of minor excursion objects connected with the significant citizens of Tomsk city. The continuation of such studies will allow make excursion routes (mainly pedestrian routes) for perception of the city soul without which it is hard to love and to save historical heritage of Tomsk.

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