The sad news came this morning, 25th May.
Stella Pisareva was born on 28th February 1925 in the Ukrainian SSR. She was evacuated to Kazan at the beginning of the Great Patriotic War in 1941. Here, she graduated from secondary school and from the Department of Philology of Kazan State University in 1946.
All her career was dedicated to museums in the Republic of Tatarstan. Altogether, she worked in this industry for 68 years, of which 18 years at the Maxim Gorky Museum in Kazan and 14 years at the State Museum of Tatar Republic. She contributed her expertise to the establishment of other museums, such as Jaroslav Hasek Museum in Bugulma (1966), Museum of KAMAZ in Naberezhnye Chelny (1976), Gabdulla Tukay Museum in the village of Kyrlai (1978), Nikolai Lobachevsky Museum in Kozlovka (1994).
Kazan University’s History Museum, founded under her leadership in 1979, became a center for the popularization of national science and culture. Its thousands of storage units include unique relics of Kazan University and many other institutions. In the four decades, the Museum has attracted hundreds of thousands of visitors from dozens of countries, includes state leaders.
Ms. Pisareva authored 10 brochures about the University and the History Museum. She was always active in the community and earned much love and respect both within the University’s walls and outside of them. She retired from her position as Director of the History Museum four years ago and spent her last years as a consultant at the Gorky Museum.
The University team expresses deep condolences to Stella Pisareva’s relatives and loved ones. Her memory will be always cherished.