Exhibition "The Peoples of Crimea"

About exhibition

The exhibition presents the multinational culture of Crimea — a region with a rich history and extensive cultural heritage. Its main aim is to reflect the regional culture of the late 19th–early 20th century, formed through a synthesis of the traditions of Greek, Turkic, Armenian, German, Romance and Slavic populations, whose members settled in these territories at different times. For the first time in ethnographic exhibition practice, features that characterize Crimea in a civilizational context are identified and represented. The overarching theme of interethnic interaction is revealed in dialectical connection with the cultural distinctiveness of the peoples for whom Crimea became their native land. The cultural monuments of Crimea’s multinational population are an important part of the common historical heritage of the peoples of Russia. The exhibition displays more than 250 examples of the traditional culture of Crimea’s peoples from the collections of the Russian Ethnographic Museum. These include costume ensembles of Crimean Tatars, Krymchaks, Greeks, Bulgarians, Russians and Ukrainians; examples of coppersmithing, jewelry, shoemaking and pottery crafts; richly decorated household textiles — towels, bedspreads and pillowcases; and religious objects that reflect the uniquely complex religious landscape of Crimea.