Lysva: Theater History, Pond and Park

Lysva combines theater history with an exhibition on the wartime contributions of its residents, as well as distinctive historic sites by the water and in the park. The city offers several cultural and urban-history perspectives: the stage and its collection, the Great Pond as part of the ironworks’ history, and Pushkin Park, founded by a forester and scientist.

Theater, Collection and Exhibition

The Lysva Drama Theater opened its first season on October 7, 1944, with the play “Vstrecha v temnote” by F. Knorre. This opening gives the theater’s history a specific historical anchor. The exhibition “Muzey kaski” at the Lysva Museum offers a different perspective on the wartime period: it focuses on the wartime contributions of Lysva’s residents during the Great Patriotic War and displays helmets from the world wars.

The Lysva Drama Theater Museum includes posters, programs, newspaper clippings, photos and videos, artifacts, set and costume designs, set models, and theater costumes. Performance records, designs, and costumes are presented side by side. The museum regularly offers guided tours; check the latest details before your visit.

The Great Pond and Pushkin Park

Lysva’s Great Pond was created on the Lysva River in the late 18th century to supply water to the ironworks. It was also the endpoint of the timber rafting route to the works. The water supply and timber transport illustrate two different functions of the same facility and offer a glimpse into the city’s industrial history.

Pushkin Park in Lysva was founded in 1902 by Alexander Zanucci, chief forester of the Lysva Mining District and a forestry scientist. Its origins connect the park’s history with forestry administration and science. Together with the pond, the park forms a second focus of the city’s history, alongside the theater and museum.

More topics in the wider destination of Perm Region

There are two excursion routes in the Basgi Nature Reserve: “K vershine Severnogo Basega” and “K Yuzhnomu Basegu.” The “K vershine Severnogo Basega” route is 11 km long, including the return journey; the excursion, including the guided tour and rest stops, lasts 5 to 8 hours. Its excursion season runs from June to October. It starts at the checkpoint by the “Schastlivyy” ranger post and continues on foot for 3,700 meters through taiga forest—the mountain forest zone—and for about 300 meters across mountain meadows. Check current arrangements with the nature reserve before planning your visit.

The nature reserve’s visitor center includes a small museum exhibition on the wildlife and plant life of the Perm Region. Environmental education discussions, talks, quizzes, and games featuring films and multimedia presentations are regularly held there. Topics range from animals and plants to protected areas and the Basgi Nature Reserve.

The Khokhlovka open-air museum offers another regional cultural perspective. It is the first open-air architectural and ethnographic museum of wooden architecture in the Urals. It opened to visitors in September 1980. The complex includes farmsteads belonging to Komi-Permyaks and Russians from the late 19th to the early 20th century. Khokhlovka also features wooden churches and a bell tower more than 300 years old, as well as an architectural complex of a saltworks and a tent-shaped windmill.

When looking for a holiday apartment in Lysva, you can focus your trip on the city’s theater and industrial history, while nature and wooden architecture offer additional themes across the wider destination of Perm Region.

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