The exhibition in Kazan in 2190 presented the exhibits from the Hermitage collection, covering the period from the beginning of I millennium BC. Oe. before addition of the Great Mongolian Empire in the XIII century

center "Hermitage-Kazan", June 18, 2012 - March 31, 2013

This week at the center "Hermitage-Kazan" exhibition "Nomads of Eurasia on the way to the Empire", which is presented 2190 exhibits from the Hermitage collection, covering the period from the beginning of I millennium BC. Oe. and before the addition of the Great Mongolian Empire in the XIII century. The exhibition is built in a chronological order and acquaints visitors with the features of the culture of the nomadic peoples of the Eurasian continent on the material of archaeological sites and collections in the late XIX - early XX centuries.

• pommel. VIII. BC Bronze
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• Clip from the sword belt dagger
  The second half of VII century. BC Gold
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A number of subjects involved in the museum's first show. These include finds from the burial ground Aymyrlyg (Tuva, 1960, 1970) and Kichmalka (Central Caucasus Hermitage archaeological expedition, 2010).

exhibition opens exhibition devoted to the culture of the Scythian time which adjoin the earliest monuments of Europe and Central Asia. The abundance of luxury jewelry from the "royal" tombs completed reconstruction of the burial costume of a single undisturbed monument to that rank, studied at the beginning of the XXI century - Arzhan-2. From the same place, and slabs with carvings - is extremely rare examples exhibited in museums of art of the nomads. Axe of Kelermesa made in VII. BC. Oe., - one of the masterpieces of the Hermitage - demonstrates an early stage of contact of the Scythians and Middle Eastern countries.

• Dual buckle in the form of carved figures of mountain goats with twisted
  cereals
  VI-III centuries. BC Horn
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• vessel with hunting scene
  Start the IV. BC
  Silver, gilding
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In the next section, a small number of sites nomadic exhibits supplemented Urals Siberian collection of Peter I. It also shows the unique products Pazyryk of the Altai. Made of wood, felt and leather, they are preserved in the ice lenses, formed in deep graves. Of no less interest are the findings in hunnuskih mounds of Noin-Ula turn of our era, brought from Mongolia expedition PK Kozlov in 1920. European sites are products of the Sarmatians, who replaced the Scythians in the Black Sea steppes. The brightest range of time - from the rich decoration of burial female priestesses from mound Khokhlach.

• Plate Belt - a fight with Griffin yakom
  IV-III centuries. BC
  Gold, turquoise
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• Fibula in a cicada
  End V-VI in the beginning.
  silver, gold-plated silver, bronze, stone
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era of the Great Migration (mid I millennium AD. e.) opens a new page in the history of the nomadic tribes of Eurasia. Gold Jewellery in the polychrome style, bronze cauldrons of special forms, weapons and horse harness ornaments represent the culture of the European Huns. In the east, this time on the scene out Turkic tribes - the ancestors of many modern nations. They move from the traditional nomadic to urban life, seeing the one hand, the cultural achievements of settled farmers, on the other - while retaining the specific features of nomadic culture (from gr. Nomades, an ancient Greek name of the nomads). Stone sculptures of soldiers, weapons, belt headset equipment of horses and other items of material culture, originating from different parts of the Middle and Central Asia, according to the distribution of Turkic influence on the vast territory.

• Gold Cup. VII c.
  Gold, Glass
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• mask on the head of the horse with the head of a goat and a bird figure
  V-IV in . BC
  Felt, leather, wood, gold leaf
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antiquities from the excavations of the Khazar Khanate Sarkel settlement on the Lower Don show the diversity of culture and its people polyethnicity. By this time there Pereshchepina treasure - gold and silver ornaments, tableware, richly decorated weapons from the burial of the Bulgarian Khan Kuvrata in the Dnieper.

At the turn I and II, thousands of years in the foothills of the Tien Shan State had the Karakhanids. spread of Islam in society led to the development of Qarakhanid lavish ornamentation in the applied arts, as evidenced by the skilled product ceramists, glassblowers and coppersmiths.

In the Middle century southern Russian steppes were inhabited by nomads, did not constitute a single ethno-political community. Polovtsi, Pechenegs, Torquay, Berend, black hoods, even seemingly not always resemble each other. However, the nomads of the gradual transition to a settled way of life. One of the best examples of monumental art This period is represented in the exhibition so-called Polovtsian woman.

Polovtsian woman. XII in. Sandstone Source: hermitagemuseum.org

bottle of aromatic substances. I century AD. gold, coral, pearls , pasta Source: hermitagemuseum.org

exhibition concludes the section on the Great Mongolian State - Empire established by Genghis Khan and the bringing together, at least for a short time, vast areas of Eurasia. Materials from the excavations of the first capital of the State of Karakorum, as well as other urban centers of the Mongols, investigated within the present territory of Russia, first presented at the exhibition.

Exhibition "Nomads of Eurasia on the way to the Empire" to demonstrate, on the one hand, the richness and diversity of culture in its development of nomads on the vast territory of the other - to show the possibility and importance of archeology. extracted by archaeologists from the land of the material evidence of human existence provide an opportunity to experience the enduring importance of the creative constructive activity nomadic world, who has made an invaluable contribution to world civilization.

The exhibition is an illustrated catalog ("Slavia", St. Petersburg., 2011). curator of the exhibition - Konstantin Chugunov, a senior researcher in the Department of Archaeology of Eastern Europe and Siberian State Hermitage Museum.

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