Pugachev Museum of local lore was opened March 20, 1919 goda.Rukopisnye and early printed books, as well as religious items (icons, vestments and other items) began to arrive from the suppressed monasteries Irgizsky Pugachev by Decision of the Executive Committee on February 20, 1919 December year.20 head of the museum was appointed Konstantin Zhuravlev. K.I.Zhuravlev working in the museum became an archaeologist, paleontologist geologom- scientists, ethnographers, historians of the Saratov region. In May 1926, K.I.Zhuravlev brought from the village of Cordon skull, two tusks and a mammoth three vertebrae that are unique exhibits Povolzhya.V 1931 Konstantin Zhuravlev in shale mine found two skeletons of ichthyosaurs. One of them is in our exposition of the museum and has a length of about 2 metrov.V 1933 in the same mine pliosaur skeleton was found, which had a length of 6.5 meters, the volume of the skull 1.5 metra.V December 2009, the regional museum named the outstanding countrymen director of the museum from 1921 to 1946, Konstantin Ivanovich Zhuravlev