Page of our history

Before the revolution, the museum was located in the Bishop’s House. Perhaps the formation began in 1740, when Joseph Nicolas Delille, the luminary of European astronomy, honored our region with his presence. The French astronomer returned through Kazan from a trip to Western Siberia, where he observed a solar eclipse. The bishop of Kazan and Sviyazhsky was Luka Konashevich.

The traveler described his impressions in a letter to his wife (later he will publish the Travel Diary): “What I liked most was my acquaintance with Archbishop Luke, he speaks very good Latin… and loves science very much. He founded an academy in Kazan ... and takes care of its prosperity ... to end this day, he drove to his country house in the evening, which was extremely pleasant, where we were met in volleys of 9 guns. ” At the gallery of the country house were musicians performing a concert. They parted as friends. Delille presented Luka Kanashevich with a telescope. In response, a mammoth bone found on the Volga shores was donated.

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