18 July 2024. An event on ‘Protecting the antiquity’.

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On 18 July 2024, a researcher of the Bolgar Museum-Reserve Krivosheyeva S.V. held an event on ‘Protecting the antiquity’ for the guests of the museum.
Since ancient times to the protection of monuments was given great attention. At the lesson, the visitors learnt that Peter I in 1722, having visited Bolgar, ordered to protect the monuments of antiquity. After Catherine II visited Bolgar in June 1767, who drew attention to the deplorable state of the architectural monuments, the ruins of the ancient town became the object of examination, contrary to Peter’s decree. In the first half of XIX century, the ruins of the ancient city constantly attracted attention. In 1816, they were described and sketched by Professor of Kazan University F.H. Erdman. Kazan provincial architect A.K. Schmidt in 1827 made careful measurements and drew up plans of all fortifications, buildings, ruins, accompanying them with drawings.
Tourists became acquainted with the history of the ancient city, looked and compared sketches of monuments of XIII-XIV centuries, how they looked in XIX century and nowadays. They assessed the level of their knowledge of the history of Volga Bulgaria.
Sixteen people attended the event.

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