Old Sarepta Museum-Reserve
Музей-заповедник «Старая Сарепта»
An 18th-century settlement founded by Germans of the Moravian Brethren, with preserved buildings including a Lutheran church, an old pharmacy and a mustard oil workshop.
Sarepta was founded in 1765 on the Volga by German settlers of the Moravian Brethren, and was known for its mustard oil, tobacco and textiles. Today the museum-reserve preserves more than twenty 18th- and 19th-century buildings around the church square. These include the Sarepta Church, where organ concerts are still held, as well as an old pharmacy, a school and a mustard workshop, offering insight into the history of the Volga Germans. Admission is about 200 to 300 rubles. It is about 25 kilometers from the city center, roughly 40 minutes by express tram, bus or taxi.
Opening hours
Approx. 09:00–17:00; closed Mondays
Nearby sights
- Volga-Don Canal & Lenin Monument
- Church of St. John the Baptist
- Central Embankment (62nd Army Embankment)
- Alley of Heroes
- Volgograd Regional Museum of Local Lore
- Kazan Cathedral
- Square of the Fallen Fighters
- Memory Museum (Paulus' Headquarters)