Repin House

In the summer of 1870 the young artist Ilya Repin, then 25 and early in what would become a renowned career, came to the Volga to gather inspiration for paintings of the lives of the river boatmen and burlaks.

[1] The petite bourgeoisie woman Anna Akhmatova Buyanova (nicknamed "Battle-Axe") operated a coaching inn at a house on Posad Street (latter Cooperative 117) in Stavropol-on-Volga (the name of Tolyatti at that time).

There is a memorial plaque on the house, and it is designated as a historical and cultural monument of regional significance,[5] so that the original exterior appearance is protected from alteration, including both the structural elements and decorations on the facade.

[4] This house is not to be confused with the Repin Museum in the village of Shiryaevo (Russian: Ширяево) in the Zhiguliovsk district, located about 25 miles (40 km) (38 versts) downstream from Stavropol-on-Don.

This is a log house in which Repin and his companions lived after leaving Stavropol-on-Don, and it here that he began the sketches for Barge Haulers on the Volga.