Ivan Kurilla: "This is a failure"

“The other day, hiding from the icy wind on Red Square during the book festival, I looked into the State Historical Museum (how many years have I not been there?),” writes the historian, professor at the European University, on his Facebook page.

“I didn’t even remember at what period their exhibition ended (there is no longer a revolution there, and, it seems, the First World War too). But that’s okay.

The museum has a fairly large space devoted to the exhibition of the noble life of Russia in the 19th century. And there is nothing in it (literally, I found nothing at all) about the life of peasants.

That is, the State Historical Museum, dedicated to the historical period from ancient times (the archaeological halls there are very rich) until the beginning of the 20th century, when Russia was predominantly a peasant country, does not show visitors how and how the peasantry lived.

In my opinion, this is a failure."