Shostka

The Memorial and Educational Complex in Memory of the Victims of Totalitarianism and Armed Conflict "Family Memory" opened in 2015 in one of the buildings of the former production association "Svema" in Shostka.

Created as a basis for studying the history of Europe on the example of the stories of the inhabitants of Shostka and the area - victims of World War II. The initiator of the museum was the artist of the Krolevets weaving factory Ivan Dudar, who in the early 2000s began collecting materials about the forced labor of Shostka residents at the Nazi powder factory "Aibia" in Germany. The project partners are the Documentation Center for the Study of the History of the Libenau Powder Plant and the UNF "Mutual Understanding and Reconciliation".

The exposition is located on two floors, with an area of over 700 square meters. Krolevets towels and Shostka film became the basis for the artistic decision. The exposition tells about the pre-war industrial history of Shostka, Stalin's repressions in the Shostka region, the Nazi occupation of the city during the Second World War, the post-war reconstruction of the city.

The museum is dedicated to Holocaust victims, Soviet prisoners of war, Ostarbeiters, prisoners of Nazi and Stalinist concentration camps.

The Family Memory Memorial and Educational Complex is a department of the Shostka Museum of Local Lore.

The Church of the Nativity of Christ is the oldest building in Shostka. The construction of the city began in 1779 with its establishment. The construction lasted 6 years.

The Church of the Nativity of Christ was built on the private donations of workers and employees of the powder factory. In 1809, a bell tower was added.

All solemn events in Shostka were held on the Church Square near the Church of the Nativity of Christ: processions, military parades, solemn religious services.

Shostka City Museum of Local Lore was established in 1993.

The exposition tells about the nature and history of the region.

A large section is devoted to film photography, created on the basis of the funds of the former museum of Shostka software "Svema". Full-scale samples and models of technological equipment for the production and testing of film, samples of film and magnetic tapes of the enterprise of the 1930-2000s are presented.

You can also see a variety of professional and household equipment, which used light-sensitive materials and magnetic media.