Among Zoroastrian burial items, there is a camel-shaped zoomorphic OSTADON lying there. It was found…
During World War II, not only were people evacuated to Uzbekistan, but unique museum artifacts were also sent there for safekeeping.
After the war ended in 1946, museum storerooms were reorganized, and the evacuated artifacts were returned and replenished. New expeditions were organized to gather unique samples of Uzbek national crafts.
The first post-war expedition was to Khorezm, a historical and cultural reserve in Uzbekistan. Artifacts collected included clothing, jewelry, textiles, felt products, and unique Khorezm ceramics.
As a result, the collections of the Russian State Ethnographic Museum grew, with over 3,000 items from Uzbekistan. Many of these are unique, including two Uzbek costumes from the first ethnographic exhibition in Russia in 1867, which are the earliest known traditional Uzbek costumes in museum collections.
You can learn more about this topic in the book-album "The Collection of the Russian Museum of Ethnography" (Volume II) (St. Petersburg, Russia) from the series "The Cultural Legacy of Uzbekistan".
The general sponsor of the project is the oilfield services company Eriell-Group.
