On June 3, the National Museum of the Republic of Mari El, the Museum of History and Archaeology hosted the grand opening of the exhibition project “The Great Bolgar.”
The head of the Archives Department of the Ministry of Culture, Press and Nationalities of the Republic of Mari El L. A. Kadochnikova, the director of the T. Evseev National Museum of the Republic of Mari El I. G. Yakaeva, and the director of the Bolgar Museum-Reserve R. R. Ziganshin addressed the guests with welcoming speech.
The project is devoted to the history and study of Bolgar, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, the capital of Volga Bulgaria and the Golden Horde (13th–14th centuries).
The exhibition features archaeological artifacts discovered during many years of research at the site, as well as paintings by Tatar artists R. Vagapov, F. Khalikov, I. Aydarov and L. Islamgareeva.
The first visitors were able to see with their own eyes ancient crafts and military artifacts, materials testifying to the role of Bolgar as a center of transcontinental trade, as well as an artistic reconstruction of the city’s appearance.

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