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theme: museums the museums of uzbekistan no doubt, the best way to learn about uzbekistan, to familiarize oneself with its history and traditions and to understand the mentality of its people is to visit the country's diverse museums. the first public museum in uzbekistan was opened in tashkent in 1876. later, museums of regional studies were organised in the cities of samarkand and fergana, in 1896 and 1899, respectively. though being quite miscellaneous and often casual, the museums’ exhibits could nevertheless provide some information on the local history, nature and society and contribute to the local people’s cultural and educational development. amir temur museum currently, there are 444 museums of various kinds functioning in uzbekistan, 156 of which are national. most of them are museums of history and regional studies and memorial museums dedicated to outstanding persons that left imprints on the country’s history or contributed to the development of …

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useum of nature of uzbekistan. museums of uzbekistan the exposition of one of the biggest museums in tashkent - state museum of history of uzbekistan - contains more than 250.000 exhibits, including the most valuable numismatic, archeological and ethnographical relics, which tell about culture and traditions of peoples, populating territory of the country, about formation and development of the state system and evolution of ethnics of the uzbek people. of great interest is the collection of coins from antique states, once situated on the territory of modern uzbekistan. these are the coins of hellenic state of seleucids (3rd century b.c.), graeco-bactrian drachmas of the 3rd - 2nd centuries b.c. and coins of kushan kingdom that existed from the 1st century b.c. to the 2nd century a.d. sogdian, bucharan, khoresmiam coins dating back to the first centuries ad are displayed next to the coins from parthia and sassanid kingdom, states of …

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rical periods of the country from the ancient times to the present days. exposition of the museum is devoted to one of the most significant periods in the history of uzbekistan - the epoch of temur and his descendants, the temurids. in the second half of the 14th century - beginning of the 15th century amir temur united isolated principalities and created a powerful state - movarounnahr, with capital in samarkand. the frontiers of the huge empire stretched from the caucuses to the western remote areas of china. during his rule many towns were built and developed, irrigational systems were constructed, sciences and arts prospered. there have preserved up to present days magnificent architectural monuments of temurid's epoch: bibi-khanum mosque, gur-emir mausoleum and ulugbek madrassah in samarkand, ak-saray palace in shakhrisabz, akhmad yasavi mausoleum in turkistan (kazakhstan) and many others. the reanimation of the trade at that period of time …

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gallery, hermitage, russian museum and pushkin art museum, as well as from the moscow rumiantsev museum, which by that time had been closed. later the collection of museum was enriched by acquisitions from private collections. today the halls of the state fine arts museum are adorned with the portraits by such famous russian artists of the 18th century as f.rokotov and d.levitsky, the magnificent canvases by the artists of the 19th century v.tropinin, k.brulov, i.ayvazovsky and i.repin, k.korovin, i.levitan and k.makovsky, the works of the founder of abstract painting v.kandinsky. of special interest are the paintings of one of the witnesses and "chronicler" of the capture of turkestan by tsarist russia - v.vereshiagin. the museum has a vast collection of paintings from italy, spain, germany, flanders, england, france and holland. the real gems of the exposition of west-european sculpture are several magnificent marble statues by a.canova. the section of oriental …

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ends of the 19th - 20th centuries. here one can see "blue ceramics" of rishtan and gurumsaray craftsmen, pottery made by shakhrisabz, khiva, gijduvan, and tashkent hereditary potters - kulols. the special sections will tell the visitor about carpet weaving, hand embroidery and famous bukharan gold embroidery. in some show-rooms of the museum the shimmering of the patterns on copper and brass engraved articles rivals the glittering of gold and precious stones of national jewelry. part of the museum is assigned for exhibiting hand weaving articles and different elements of clothing and headwear. however, what makes the museum of decorative and applied art of uzbekistan differ from the rest of the museums is the regular organization in the museum halls of various exhibitions and sales of works of art by modern artisans. the cultural traditions of uzbekistan have roots in remote past. the best way to feel this connection of …

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theme: museums the museums of uzbekistan no doubt, the best way to learn about uzbekistan, to familiarize oneself with its history and traditions and to understand the mentality of its people is to visit the country's diverse museums. the first public museum in uzbekistan was opened in tashkent in 1876. later, museums of regional studies were organised in the cities of samarkand and fergana, in 1896 and 1899, respectively. though being quite miscellaneous and often casual, the museums’ exhibits could nevertheless provide some information on the local history, nature and society and contribute to the local people’s cultural and educational development. amir temur museum currently, there are 444 museums of various kinds functioning in uzbekistan, 156 of which are national. …

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