Conscript’s Day was celebrated in Kirillo-Belozersky Museum-Reserve
October 19, 2016
Representatives of the District Administration, the Town Military Enlistment Office, museum employees and specialists of the Youth Centre “Alfa” gathered in the museum to make this day unforgettable for all young men drafted into the army.
The guests made a tour of the walls and towers of the New Town in the Kirillo-Belozersky Monastery and visited the Kazan and the Vologda Towers.
During the solemn part of the event, A.V. Yulin, deputy head of the Kirillov District Administration, gave congratulatory addresses to army conscripts D. Gorbachyov, V. Spiridonov, P. Klubkov, V. Popov and A. Krivosheynov.
Besides, the young men participated in the interactive program in the course of which they could put on a historical costume of the Russian warrior of the 15th-early 17th centuries, saw replicas of the arms and even shot using a bow (an arbalest).
Official name of the museum:
The Federal State Budgetary Institution of Culture “Kirillo-Belozersky Historical, Architectural and Art Museum-Reserve”
Founded:
In 1924
Museum status:
It was included into the State List of Particularly Valuable Objects of Cultural Heritage of the Peoples of the Russian Federation in 1997.