Humanities & Social Sciences 2 (2016 9) 419-429 ~ ~ ~ УДК 069 Museum of Architecture and Ethnography “Angara Village”: Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow Anastasia M. Selivanenko* Siberian Federal University 79 Svobodny, Krasnoyarsk, 660041, Russia Received 16.11.2015, received in revised form 04.12.2015, accepted 28.12.2015 The All-Union scientifi c-practical conference on the development of the Angara-Yenisei watershed by building several large hydroelectric power plants for subsequent construction of territorial-industrial complexes was held in Irkutsk in 1932. <...> This conception has been implemented since the 50-s of the XX century. <...> Such hyper-industrialization of the region resulted in change of a settlement structure, disappearance of historically rural settlements which are regarded the monuments of wooden architecture, history and culture. <...> The article summarizes the unique experience of rural settlements (the Evenks and the Russian settlers in the XVII – XXI centuries). <...> There is no similar museum in the world, the museum displaying everyday life of the Evenk family. <...> This is viewed as a scientifi c and practical signifi cance of the museum of architecture and ethnography “Angara village”. <...> The museum also shows the life of the Russian settlers in the XVII – XX centuries. <...> Similar settlements in East Siberia are presented in “Tal’tsy” and “Shushenskoe” outdoor historic museums. <...> Keywords: cultural heritage preservation, wooden architecture, outdoor historic museum, museum of architecture and ethnography, architecture, ethnography. <...> More than three hundred villages were in the fl ood zone in the 50-s – early 60-s of the XX century, the period of the construction of hydroelectric power station on the Angara river. <...> It was decided to found the museum of architecture and ethnography “Angara village” (hereinafter referred to as the “Angara village” museum), located 12 km from Bratsk, in order to © Siberian Federal University. <...> All rights reserved * Corresponding author E-mail address: severyanova@mail.ru # 419 # preserve the monuments of wooden architecture of the ethno-cultural environment of the XVII – XX centuries. <...> At the end of the village there is a shop barn (mangazeya) and a rebuilt Bratsk Stockage Tower (the Bratsk Ostrog Tower) along with the two towers that survived. <...> Museum of Architecture and Ethnography “Angara Village”: Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow Podyelanki village with its stylistically unifi ed architectural and spatial ensemble of farmsteads served the basis for the “Angara village <...>