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 primary aim is to reflect the regional culture of the late 19th to early 20th century, formed through a synthesis of the traditions of the Greek, Turkic, Armenian, Germanic, Romance and Slavic populations, whose representatives settled in these territories at different times. For the first time in the practice of ethnographic display, the exhibition identifies and represents characteristics that define Crimea in civilizational terms. The overarching theme of interethnic interaction is revealed in dialectical relation to the cultural particularities of the peoples for whom Crimea became their homeland. The cultural monuments of Crimea’s multinational population are an important part of the shared historical heritage of the peoples of Russia. The exhibition features 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 hand-hammered copperware, jewelry, shoemaking and pottery crafts; richly decorated household textiles — towels, bedspreads, pillowcases; and religious objects that reflect the uniquely complex religious landscape of Crimea.