During the Second International Congress, a unique gold-embroidered robe will be exhibited at the St. Petersburg State Museum of the History of Religion.
According to experts, it belongs to the Emir of Bukhara Seid-Abdul-Ahad Khan. The robe is made of crimson velvet and richly decorated with expensive gold embroidery.
As it was noted by the management of the museum, within the framework of the project Cultural Legacy of Uzbekistan, the collection dedicated to Uzbekistan became the subject of special research for the first time. The small but diverse collection of the museum covers a large historical period – from ancient times to the present day.
The collection contains unique Termez and Samarkand finds from Karatepa (2nd – 4th centuries), Afrasiab and Tali-Barzu (4th – 17th centuries), a number of valuable exhibits of the Bukhara-Jewish collection, as well as clothing collections representing the lifestyle and culture of the population of Uzbekistan in the 19th and 20th centuries. In addition, the collection includes paintings by Russian artists and graphic artists associated with Uzbekistan, documentary materials, including ethnographic sketches by S. Dudin and items on the history of the St. Petersburg Cathedral Mosque, built at the expense of the Emir of Bukhara, Seyid Abdul-Ahad Khan.
