Rest and work of a house in Vasilevo

The exposition of the biggest hall in the museum, the former parlour, is dedicated to Tchkalov's visits to his birthplace. It is here that he lived coming to his parents. The furniture and articles he served himself are preserved.

In the corner by the window stands a two-post writing table. On the table there are a telephone, an ink-set, a notebook, an ashtray and an unfinished packet of cigarettes. Tchkalov sat at this table while writing articles to newspapers and magazines.

By the table stands a bookstand with books. Among them there are books with the grantors' signatures. One of the books is by Williamur Stephenson, a famous polar explorer, with the autographs: "To Valery Tchkalov from his Arctic co-explorer."

In the center of the room stands an unfolding dining table with the family utensils, simple oak chairs. By the pier stands an iron bed, covered with a cotton blanket. Tchkalov slept in it during his visits to his parents' house.

The photos, pictures hung on the walls of this hall transfer us to the 30-ies of the previous century. They show what a hearty welcome did the inhabitants of Vassilievo give to their celebrated countryman.

In the same hall, in one of the showcase there is Tchkalov's dinner jacket. He wore it while coming back from America on board the ship "Normandy". Here also are exhibited the small presents that Valery Pavlovich brought from France and America to his wife, to his son, to his daughter Nataly Georgievna and to his sisters.

During his holidays in Vassilievo Tchkalov went fishing and hunting. In the showcase one can see his hunting suite in which he wandered with a rifle in the neighboring forests.

One of the displays is V.P.Tchkalov's bust, which was made from Tchkalov himself by Moskow sculptor E.A.Mendelevich. Mendelevich is the creator of V.P.Tchkalov's monument in Nizhny Novgorod.