Russia

National Museum of Tatarstan (RU)

Member of EXARC
No

The National Museum of the Republic of Tatarstan is one of the oldest museums in Russia, representing the biggest reserve of the cultural monuments of Tatarstan and Russia's peoples as well as the other world civilisations. The Museum is located in the former Gostinyi dvor, built at the beginning of the XIX century, the historical and cultural monument of the federal importance (note: "Gostinyi dvor" is a historic Russian term for an indoor market, or shopping centre). At the present time the collection of the National Museum of the Republic of Tatarstan features more than 910.000 objects representing history, culture and traditions of the peoples of the Volga Region, Russia, Western and Eastern world cultures.

The National Museum of the Republic of Tatarstan is one of the oldest museums in Russia, representing the biggest reserve of the cultural monuments of Tatarstan and Russia's peoples as well as the other world civilisations...

Event Review: EXARC at the Times and Epochs Festival

Author(s)
Bill Schindler 1,2,3 ✉
Publication Date
EXARC Journal Issue 2013/3

As an EXARC Board member, I attended the Times and Epochs Festival in Moscow from June 21-23, 2013 in the open-air museum Kolomenskoye Park. This year, an estimated 200,000 people attended the medieval themed festival where they were able to witness and interact with 2,000 re-enactors from 40 different countries...

Divnogorye (RU)

Member of EXARC
No

The "Natural, Architectural and Archeological museum-reserve "Divnogorye" is situated 150 km to the south from Voronezh and 650 km to the south from Moscow. Its area is 1100 hectares.

The "Natural, Architectural and Archeological museum-reserve "Divnogorye" is situated 150 km to the south from Voronezh and 650 km to the south from Moscow. Its area is 1100 hectares...

Tomskaya Pisanitsa (RU)

Member of EXARC
No

In Kemerovskaya Oblast, near the village Pisanaya you will find the Historical, Cultural and Natural Museum-preserve “Tomskaya Pisanitsa”. Its main attraction are petroglyphs and cave paintings. The exhibition “Ancient Dwellings” illustrates the housing traditions and architecture of peoples of the Central Siberia in the ancient time, from the late Stone Age (the Upper Paleolithic, about 45 - 30 thousand years BC).

In Kemerovskaya Oblast, near the village Pisanaya you will find the Historical, Cultural and Natural Museum-preserve “Tomskaya Pisanitsa” (Томская писаница). Its main attraction are petroglyphs and cave paintings. The exhibition “Ancient Dwellings” illustrates the housing traditions and architecture of peoples of the Central Siberia in the ancient time...

Archeopark Mesopotamia (RU)

Member of EXARC
No

Archeopark Mesopotamia (Археопарк Междуречье), just 25 km north from Ulyanovsk, is an archaeological open-air museum and archaeological reservation of 250 hectares. It includes as well a small hotel and an indoor museum. A visit starts with a guided tour which includes demonstration of craftspeople.

The reservation holds so-called forest towns (9th – 12th century AD) as well as traces of the earlier Imenkov Culture (4th – 7th century AD) including iron smelting furnaces and traces of pottery making.
Archeopark Mesopotamia is a successful organiser of larger historic festivals, skill straining and international experimental archaeology conferences.

Probable Measure Estimating Tool Employed by the Aeneolithic Potters

Author(s)
Eva Lamina 1 ✉
Publication Date
EXARC Journal Issue 2012/2
The article proposes that an item, ornamented with a geometric pattern with inscribed diagonal cross and attributed to the Afanasievo culture (Aeneolithic, South Siberia), represents a primitive tool reflecting practical knowledge of basic geometry by the ancient potters. The article suggests an experimental reconstruction method for crafting the proposed instrument, and...

Paleoderevnya (RU)

Member of EXARC
No

The Jurchen are known to have lived in this area in the 11th – 13th centuries, in those days united in a state called “Jin”. They lived in unfortified and fortified settlements, which were usually located on the banks of rivers. The Museum Paleoderevnya is situated near the village Ekaterinovka, on the grounds where in about 1905, a Jurchen settlement was discovered.

The Jurchen are known to have lived in this area in the 11th – 13th centuries, in those days united in a state called “Jin”. They lived in unfortified and fortified settlements, which were usually located on the banks of rivers...