Discover Chikcha: Folklore, Village Museum and Animal Farm

In Chikcha, discoveries range from folklore and village history to a farm with a diverse range of animals. Tea and Tatar national dishes are also part of a tourism programme at the local cultural and leisure centre. These themes offer different experiences: music and customs, a museum visit, a sightseeing tour on request, or a culinary activity. If you are looking for a holiday rental in Chikcha, consider which of these you would like to shape your stay—and check in advance on any programme elements that need to be arranged.

Folklore, music and living traditions

The folklore ensemble “Shytyr-shatyr” is based in Chikcha. Its members play traditional national instruments and perform folk songs and customs. The ensemble’s cultural work also includes authentic melodies, dialects, everyday life and rituals. Its subject matter therefore goes beyond music alone, combining musical performances with an exploration of tradition and daily life.

In 2026, at the regional stage of the “Gordost' natsii — 2026” award, the ensemble received the silver laureate award in the “Kultura narodov Rossii” category. This was a specific recognition of its work that year. The award gives those interested in culture a reason to explore Chikcha’s folklore.

Village museum and animal farm

The village museum in Chikcha is regularly visited by groups of village schoolchildren from other places in Tyumensky District. The excursions take place in cooperation with the travel company “Globus”. If you would like to visit the museum, check in advance whether a visit is possible.

The “Tyumenskiy straus” farm keeps cows, horses, sheep, goats, pigs and rabbits. It also has silver foxes and ostriches, as well as chickens, guinea fowl, turkeys, quails, geese and ducks. A sightseeing tour is available on request; photography and feeding the animals are permitted there. Ask the operator for the latest details before your visit. The farm tour offers a chance to get to know the animals more closely, while the ensemble offers an introduction through music and customs.

Tea and Tatar cuisine

A tourism programme described for Chikcha includes tea and Tatar national dishes at the cultural and leisure centre. If this culinary experience is important to you, ask about the programme for your preferred date. Together with folklore, the museum and the farm, it offers a selection of different themes around which you can plan your stay, without assuming they are all part of a fixed package.

Further cultural and scenic destinations in Tyumen Oblast

The wider destination of Tyumen Oblast also has its own cultural and nature-related attractions. In Tobolsk, the white-stone Kremlin is an open-air architectural monument on a high plateau at the confluence of the Tobol and Irtysh rivers. The St. Sophia-Assumption Cathedral stands there and is described as the oldest stone church in Siberia. All the Kremlin buildings are part of the Historical and Architectural Museum Reserve, which is classified as a cultural heritage site of federal significance in Russia.

In Ishim, the P. P. Yershov Museum preserves the world’s largest collection related to the fairy tale “Konyok-Gorbunok”. The “Gorodskaya uprava” Museum in Ishim covers the Nikolskaya Fair, the development of merchant life and the city’s wartime history. Yalutorovsk offers a different focus: the Decembrists’ Grove is a natural monument of regional significance, covers about 90 hectares and forms part of a historical and ecological route. These examples place further cultural and scenic attractions explicitly in Tyumen Oblast; they are destinations in their own right, separate from the description of Chikcha.

Discover more destinations

Discover more destinations: Zhuravleva, Yalutorovsk, Sukhova, Pogorelka, Reshetnikova, Golyshmanovo, Borovskiy, Chervishevo.

For the overview of the wider destination: Tyumen Oblast.