The major renovation of the Bilyar State Historical, Archaeological and Natural Museum-Reserve has been completed in the Alekseevsky district of Tatarstan.
During the overhaul, roofing works were carried out, the entrance group, basement, blind areas were repaired. There is also a spring pavilion with a pump room, a lower spring and a fountain. The pedestrian paths and the metal staircase of 360 steps have been updated.
The Bilyar State Historical, Archaeological and Natural Museum-Reserve with a total area of 2,424 hectares was founded in 1992. It includes historical, archaeological, historical and ethnographic museums, natural landscape and historical and cultural monuments, a cemetery with a chapel-crypt of the famous organic chemist A.M. Butlerov, the House Museum of Academician A.E. Arbuzov, the architectural and religious complex "Holy Key", as well as the settlements of Bilyarskoye, Balynguzskoye, Gorkinskie and Mykolaiv-Baranskie.
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