Suojärven kuuluisa Bomba
Suojärven pitäjän Kuikkaniemen kylässä sijainnut Bombinin
sukutalo oli aikansa tunnetuimpia karjalaistaloja. Sen rakensi
talonpoika Jegor Bombin pojalleen Dimitrille vuonna 1855.
Talolla oli pituutta 25 ja leveyttä noin 10 metriä.
Asuinkerroksia oli kaikkaan kolme. Lisäksi oli suuret karjasuojat
ja muut talouspuolen tilat.
Talossa asui vuosikymmenien ajan Bombinien suurperhe. Talo
purettiin vuonna 1934 ja sen hirsistä tehtiin useita
rakennuksia.
Nykyinen Bomba kohosi Nurmeksen Ritoniemeen vuonna
1978.
Bomban karjalaiskylässä on nykyisin ravintola, oluttupa,
piharavintola, 50 hotellihuonetta, kokous- ja näyttelytalo Kalevan
Hovi, kesäteatteri sekä läheisessä niemessä tsasouna. Bomban
välittömässä läheisyydessä on vuonna 1991 valmistunut Bomban
kylpylä sekä lomahuoneistoalue. Bomban talo on toiminnassa ympäri
vuoden.
(Bomban talon verkkosivut)
Bomba The Karelian House
A big house was built by a Karelian peasant Jegor Bombin for his
only son Dimitri in 1855. This huge house was built of logs and it
was situated in Suojärvi country by the lake of Suojärvi in the
former province of Viipuri, which now lies behind the Russian
border. The house was about 25 meters long and about 10 meters
broad. The house was built of stout round pine logs during one
summer. The chief toll to build it was the axe and not a single
nail or other metal part was used in its construction. All its
joints were skilfully made of timber. The one end of the house was
the home of the large Bombin family; at a time as many as 24
persons. The other end was meant for the cattle. After Dimitri
Bombin died in 1915 the estate was divided among his five sons. The
Bomba house was pulled down in 1934 and the logs were divided among
the brothers. At least three of them built a house of their own
from their share.
Rebuilding the House The thought of rebuilding the Bomba house
was awakened among the former inhabitants of Suojärvi in 1960. In
1974 a committee was Founded to search a good site for the building
and in 1975 plans came to fruition when the town of Nurmes
provided a piece of land and decided to back the project. The
founding company was established in 1976 the aim being to build
only the Bomba house, but soon the plans were revised and a whole
village was built. The building started in 1977 and the Karelian
village was finished in 1978.
In the Bomba area there are a summer theatre, summer market,
Kalevan Hovi, which serves as a conference and training centre and
a place for art exhibitions; 50 fully equipped hotel rooms an a
small orthodox church called "tsasouna".
(Bomba the karelian house web site)