11 September 2020. Opening of the exhibition of one item “The painting “Bulgars’ access to Volga”’.

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On 11 September 2020, in the exhibition area of the Museum of Bulgarian Civilization opened an exhibit “The painting “Bulgars’ access to Volga”’ devoted to the 90th anniversary of the birth of an artist Lysogorsky Yuri Borisovich.
Lysogorsky Yuri Borisovich (1930-1988) is a graphic artist. He was born on 14 September 1930. In 1954, he graduated from Kazan Art College. From 1954, Yuri Borisovich participated in exhibitions. His style is realism. He illustrated children’s books and worked with Tatar book publisher in Kazan. From 1971, he became a Member of the Union of Artists of USSR. He lived and worked in Kazan.
The painting “Bulgars’ access to Volga” refers the audience back to the past of Tatarstan, to the middle ages. It is possible to see a historical event, which took place on the territory of our region. After the collapse of the Great Bulgaria of khan Kubrat, his second son Kotrag went to the north leading a Proto-Bolgar tribe of kotrags. They stopped on the Middle Volga and in 660 formed Volga Bulgaria.
The place chosen by Bulgars was lively because of big rivers and trade routes passing here. Large economic, cultural and political centers appeared and a unique gate between East and West formed.

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