Church history exposition in Fryanovo museum: clergy and church
The paper deals with the church history of Fryanovo village in the Moscow area and how it is represented in a local museum. Fryanovo church was closed in 1940 and re-opened in 1990. The local museum was founded in 2004 by the efforts of priest Mikhail Dmitrievich Gerasimov. One of the expositions in this museum was devoted to church history and Soviet persecution. Exhibits include pre-revolutionary sacred vestments, images of the last priests and deacons, prayer books, several icon cases without icons, and fragments of a ruined bell. Using archival research and fieldwork, the author widens the context of the exhibits under discussion.