Exhibition «Russian Tea Traditions»

About exhibition

When did tea traditions begin in Russia? How was tea drunk in earlier times? When did samovars appear in Russia? You will learn about this and much more by visiting the "Russian Tea Traditions" exhibition. The display features a collection of samovars spanning from the early 19th century to the present day, porcelain from the Gardner factory and the M. Kuznetsov partnership, Kungur ceramics, podstakanniki (glass holders for tea), tin boxes for storing sweets from well-known pre-revolutionary domestic factories, tin tea boxes, sugar nips for breaking sugar, and other attributes of Russian tea drinking.