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Pargori, baghdadi and islimi styles of carving
The collection of the Kokand State Museum-Reserve contains more than 400 items representing the art of wood carving.
Chairman of the Board of the World Society Abdukhalikov Firdavs defended the Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) dissertation on art history
On October 24, 2023, at the National Institute of Fine Art and Design named after Kamal ad-din Behzad, Chairman of the Board of the World Society for the Study, Preservation and Popularization of the Cultural Legacy of Uzbekistan, Abdukhalikov Firdavs Fridunovich, defended the Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) dissertation on art history on the topic "The artistic interpretation of historical figures in the medieval miniature of the East".
Who participated in the first prayer in the Cathedral Mosque of St. Petersburg?
The mosque construction period and the first service in honor of the 300th anniversary of the Romanov dynasty on February 21, 1913, in the presence of Bukhara Emir Said Mir Alim Khan and Khan Khiva Said Asfendiar Bogadur Khan who had just arrived in the Russian capital, became one of the most active events in the Muslim Charitable Society in St. Petersburg.
Silver vases kept in the temple
There are two silver vases of unusually large size in the treasury of the temple in Nara (Southern Repository 13, ko and otsu).
Wood carving
The collection of the Kokand State Museum-Reserve contains more than 400 items representing the art of wood carving.
Rare oriental manuscripts
The collection of the Kokand State Museum-Reserve includes 84 manuscripts, which were brought to the museum between the 1950s and 2018.
Musical instruments occupy an important part of the collection of the Kokand State Museum-Reserve
An important part of the museum‘s collection is musical instruments.
Collection of ritual objects of Bukharian Jews
Bukharian Jews, as a rule, strictly keep to commandments and customs associated with life cycle rites (circumcisions, weddings, funerals).
Ketubah created in Samarkand at the end of the 19th century
The systematic study of the Bukharian Jews’ culture began quite late.
What is included in the Kokand State Museum-Reserve?
Following the resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Uzbekistan “On approval of the program to improve the activities and strengthen the material and technical base of museums for 2017 – 2027” (December 11, 2017), the Kokand City Museum of Local History was transformed into the Kokand State Museum of History and Culture.
What kind of robes did the men of Tashkent and Fergana wear?
Men’s robes of the latter half of the 19th – early 20th century were varied; they for summer and winter wear, elegant and casual.
Necklaces made of corals and other breast decorations of Samarkand women
Breast decorations included necklaces made of corals, forming several bundles – kamchin, necklaces made of metal beads of various shapes, necklaces, which were interspersed with beads of silver and corals.
Peshonaband as a wonderful addition to look
In the 1870s, they young women mostly wore two head kerchief: one free put on her head and ends threw behind her back, and the second, folded on the oblique, was tied on her forehead with a knot on the back of her head on top of the first one.
The Kokand State Museum-Reserve
Every city must have a place that is the pride for its citizens.
What was one of the traditional Jewish crafts?
Data on the demography of Bukharian Jews are indicative.
The numismatic collection of the Kokand State Museum-Reserve
The numismatic collection of the Kokand State Museum-Reserve, despite its modest size, is an excellent source to study the history of the region.
The oldest historical document related to Bukharian Jews, in the State Museum of the History of Religion
Bukharian Jews are an ethnic group, formed in the 16th – 18th centuries in the Emirate of Bukhara.
What earrings and pendants did the Samarkand women wear?
The set of the bride included the tube with curls naycha which wore behind the ears and fixed on parietal part, connecting them by thread.
The ceremony dedicated to the laying of the foundation of the St. Petersburg mosque and a number of items associated with this memorable event
The ceremony dedicated to the laying of the foundation of the St. Petersburg mosque took place in February 1910.
Rarity book “History of Tamerlane”
“The story of Tamerlane, the Tatar King, translated from Latin into Czech, and now published for the first time” is the full title of the publication “Hystorya o Tamerlánowi Králi Tatarském z Latinského Yazyku w Cžeský přeľožená” (hereinafter referred to as “History of Tamerlane”), an early printed Czech book published in 1598 in Prague by the printer Jiri Cerny from the Prague suburb Cerny Most.
What kind of shirts did the men of Tashkent and Fergana wear?
Men’s shirts – kuynak, yakhtak of the Tashkent oasis and the Fergana Valley in its architectonic and proportions were similar to shirts worn in other regions, for example, Khwarezm, but threw-open ones.
Opera “Tamerlane the Great”
Along with the old book “History of Tamerlane” by Bartolomej Macer of Letosice, there is another work undoubtedly confirming the Czech interest in the personality of Amir Timur the Great.
What were the requirements for the construction of the St. Petersburg Cathedral Mosque?
In 1907, the Committee for the Construction of the Mosque announced the establishment of the first open competition in Russia for the project of constructing the mosque.
Who made the greatest contribution to the construction of the St. Petersburg Cathedral Mosque?
It would be no exaggeration to say that the personal involvement of Said Abd al-Ahad Khan played an important role in the success of the repeated attempts to lay the foundation stone for the building of the St. Petersburg mosque.
Treasures found in Dalverzintepe and other areas
Unique artifacts were found at the site of Dalverzintepa. Buddhist sculpture, paintings on the walls in the places of worship.
What influenced the development of traditional Samarkand costume?
On the development of Samarkand suit in the second half of the 19th century strongly influenced its ancient links with Bukhara and Tashkent.
What was distinctive about the rings and bracelets of Samarkand women?
Rings and bracelets (bilakuzuk) were worn in pairs; they had magical meaning.
Inspired by Peach-Blossom Valley... Or the legend of a unique museum
Look at the photos of Miho, a museum located near the historical capital of Japan - Kyoto. It's charming.
Day of granting the Uzbek language the status of the state language
Our native language is the spiritual wealth of the nation, our being.
Hirayama Ikuo - scientist who devoted his life to studying the Great Silk Road
Hirayama Ikuo (1930-2009) is a recipient of the Order “For Merits in Areas of Culture” – one of the highest awards of Japan.
The history of the Saint Petersburg Cathedral mosque
On February 3, 1910 a long-awaited event was held in St. Petersburg – the solemn ceremony of laying the foundation of the mosque took place on the Petrograd Side on Kronverkskiy Prospekt.
The paranjas of Samarkand made of Russian velvet
The paranjas of Samarkand women were made of cotton blue alacha, like the clothes of elderly women, but in the last decade of the 19th century under the influence of Russian-European fashion, which originated in Tashkent had an effect on the other cities, then appeared ceremonial, beautiful paranja.
Central Asian collections of the Central Antireligious Museum in 1930-1940
Archival materials and collection inventories of the Central Antireligious Museum show that in the second half of the 1930s - early 1940s several large collecting expeditions were organized in Central Asia.
Outwear gown chopon – a necessary attribute of ordinary Tashkent and Ferghana residents
Ordinary people necessarily had outwear gown chopon which was made of simple alacha with fine stripes and instead of jiyak collar decorated with colorful embroidery.
What was included in the wedding set of Bukhara brides?
The wedding set included all kinds of decorations: head, neck, chest, etc.
Tuppi and loki is a favorite headwears of Samarkand women
Women’s headwear was diverse. In the middle of the 19th century, the main girlish headdress was a cap tuppi, but it is not tubeteika, which was called a qalpoq in Samarkand.