House of Zheleznov

This is an old house on Rosa Luxemburg Street, 56. The wife of the owner of the house, merchant Alexey Zheleznov, Maria Efimovna shunned people. The rich lady suffered from kleptomania. The husband, knowing her weakness, followed and paid for the goods stolen by his wife.

Maria Zheleznova died suddenly, the cause of her death remained unknown. But, according to rumors, since then a ghost woman in a white dress has been walking around the house.

Nowadays, the Institute of History and Archeology of the Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences is located in the house of Zheleznov.