Ovsyanka & Astafyev Museum
Овсянка, музей В. П. Астафьева
The hometown of Soviet writer Viktor Astafyev, preserving his grandmother’s wooden house and the writer’s late-life home. A stroll leads down to the Yenisei River.
Ovsyanka lies near the Tsar-Fish Viewpoint and is the birthplace of Viktor Astafyev, author of The Tsar-Fish. The village has a traditional Siberian wooden house that belonged to the writer’s grandmother, restored with a Russian stove and icon corner. There is also a small cabin where the writer lived in his later years, a library museum, and a wooden church. A small entrance fee applies, and the site is usually closed on Mondays. It pairs well with the dam and the Tsar-Fish Viewpoint.
Opening hours
About 10:00–18:00; closed Mondays
Nearby sights
- Tsar-Fish Viewpoint
- Roev Ruchey Zoo
- Stolby Nature Reserve
- Bobrovy Log Fun Park
- Torgashinsky Ridge
- Krasnoyarsk Dam
- Surikov Museum-Estate
- Karaulnaya Hill & Paraskeva Pyatnitsa Chapel