2024 Author: Leah Sherlock | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 05:25
The Republic of Khakassia is located in Southern Siberia, on the left bank of the Yenisei River basin. Unfortunately, not all Russian citizens know the history of this amazing land.
In the republic, great attention is paid to education and the preservation of cultural heritage, which, of course, is facilitated by the opening of a new museum in Abakan, located along Pushkin Street 28A.
History of Khakassia
Located in the south of Siberia, the republic is famous for the beauty of its nature and ancient culture.
The first people appeared on the territory of the Republic of Khakassia in the Paleolithic era. The most ancient human settlement in the region dates back to 40-50 millennia BC. The most famous site of an ancient man is Malaya Syya.
Archaeological excavations are underway on the territory of the republic, the most valuable finds of which fall into the new museum of Abakan. It should be noted that the city of Abakan is the capital of the Republic of Khakassia.
Abakan Museum
The main ethnographic museum of the republic is named after Leonid Romanovich Kyzlasov, Sovietarchaeologist-orientalist, who made a huge contribution to the study of the history and culture of Siberia and Central Asia.
The official history of the museum begins in 1931, when the main fund of historical cultural material assets began to form, the number of which today reaches 120,000. The main collection consists of archeological objects, religious objects, rare books, coins.
The museum fully justifies the title of visiting card of Khakassia, offering its numerous visitors a bright, large-scale, rich exposition illustrating the natural we alth and cultural heritage of this ancient region. The price of a museum ticket ranges from fifty to five hundred rubles and depends on whether the visitor belongs to the preferential category and the exposition that the guest wants to visit.
Pearl of the collection
Despite the numerous antiquities preserved in the museum fund, the most famous of its exhibits are rock paintings, stone sculptures and arrows made by ancient people. Most of the sculptures displayed in the museum's expositions are unique objects of fine art of ancient times. They were created at the beginning of the Bronze Age by representatives of the so-called Okunev culture. These ancient people inhabited the Khakass-Minusinsk basin more than 5000 years ago.
It is worth noting that the local history museum of Abakan has one of the most complete collections of political antiquities in Siberia. The archaeological collection of the museum consists not only of the objects of the Stonecentury, but also allows the visitor to get acquainted with metal products.
Exposure structure
Here it is important to remember that southern Siberia was one of the most developed centers of metallurgy in antiquity. That is why archaeologists regularly find weapons, jewelry, household items in burial mounds, in parking lots and along roads.
Today, however, the Abakan Museum offers visitors not only a permanent exhibition, but also temporary exhibitions, each of which is devoted to a specific topic and, as a rule, is connected with the history of the republic and Siberia. Museum researchers and curators delicately combine objects from the museum's permanent collection and contemporary objects, which allows visitors to the museum to take a fresh look at their culture.
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