Pirogov's Estate Museum in Vinnytsia
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The National Museum-Estate of Nikolay Ivanovich Pirogov (Ukrainian: Національний музей-садиба М. І. Пирогова) is a museum in Vinnytsia dedicated to the life and work of Nikolay Ivanovich Pirogov, a prominent Russian scientist, surgeon, and educator. The Pirogov estate is a national historical landmark and a nature conservation site of nationwide importance.
The museum complex is located on the southwestern outskirts of the city of Vinnytsia, within the eastern part of the Pirogovo district (formerly the separate estate-village of Vyshnia, which later merged with Sheremetka-Pirogovo).
The house where Pirogov lived, which now hosts an exhibition about his life and work
A pharmacy-museum featuring interiors of a reception room and an operating room
A church-necropolis, which contains a sarcophagus with the embalmed body of the scientist
Adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)。Photography via Wikimedia Commons.