The Soviet poet Sergey Orlov was born in the Belozersk District and during the Second World War joined the Belozersk home guard before seeing active duty as a captain of a tank platoon which left him badly injured and burned.  This museum dedicated to him was opened in 1981 and details his life, career and war time actions.  

There is also a bust of Orlov located a block south of the museum on the corner with Ulitsa Sergeya Orlova.