Historical quests
Mini-replicas of samovars
Our Museum exhibits the unique collection of miniatures of samovar artifacts of historic value and 5 cm tall
Batashev-Junior
Among all famous samovar makers brothers, the Batashevs, Alexei, the junior, is known the least. Today but we will try to repair this injustice.
Prince Golitsyn Bouliotte
A new fascinating showpiece came to exhibit in our museum. A bouliotte with a tea set belonging to Prince Vladimir Golitsyn, an interesting person to whom this story is dedicated.
Museum of samovars and bouliottes continues to work with some restrictions
Our priority duty for the moment is to have all necessary precautions in place to prevent the spread of COVID-19
Dowry, Major Woman’s ‘Weapon’
In Russia of early XIX through early XX century an old patriarchal tradition set forth the subordinate status for a woman. To provide a decent living for a woman, her parent or brother were to give away a part of their property as ‘a dowry’ to become her heritable property.