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Artefacts

Scientists found ancient sled in Arctic

Scientists found ancient sled in Arctic

#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. Researchers from the Institute of Material Culture of the Russian Academy of Sciences, along with the Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute, have uncovered ancient sled in the Far North. The excavations took place at the Zhohov site, located on one of the islands in ...

Unique volumes donated to Norilsk library

Unique volumes donated to Norilsk library

#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. The family reading library on Kotulsky drive, 15, received an unexpected and truly unique gift just before Book Giving Day. Before leaving for the mainland, a family donated two volumes in Old Slavic to the library. While these volumes are not in exhibiting condition - ...

Taimyr museum got new exhibits

Taimyr museum got new exhibits

#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. The materials donated to the museum relate to different historical periods in the life of the territory. Each exhibit reflects the history of the Taimyr region. Thus, the rare book collection includes publications of works by the founders of stratigraphic, oil, quaternary geology and neotectonics, ...

Taimyr archaeological excavations’ results summed up

Taimyr archaeological excavations’ results summed up

#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. Specialists from the Siberia Archaeological Research organization summed up the results of the two-years work on the project The First Russian Polar Sailors off the Taimyr Coast, dedicated to the history of the Taimyr peninsula coast development in the 17th–18th centuries. During the 2022 field ...

Ancient shopping arcades found on Krasnoyarsk metro station future site

Ancient shopping arcades found on Krasnoyarsk metro station future site

#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. The foundation and fragments of brickwork from the times of Tsarist Russia were found during the construction of the Krasnoyarsk metro. Researchers have accurately dated the identified historical heritage site to the mid-19th – early 20th centuries. Novobazarnaya square, where the lower shopping arcades were ...

Taimyr Museum replenished with unique documents on Dikson defense

Taimyr Museum replenished with unique documents on Dikson defense

ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. The Taimyr Museum of Local Lore research staff accepted another 229 new historical items. Among them are the Nenets poetess, prose writer, translator Lyubov Komarova-Nenyang’s manuscripts, autobiographical stories and documents. In addition, the museum received documents that previously belonged to Nikandr Yelagin - the writer ...

Taimyr Museum reveals rare books

Taimyr Museum reveals rare books

#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. The first copy of the collection - the Niva illustrated magazine file of 1900 - was acquired by the Museum on May 31, 1976 from a private person. It published literary works, historical, popular science essays, reproductions and engravings of contemporary artists. “There are ...

Taimyr Museum of Local Lore turns 85

Taimyr Museum of Local Lore turns 85

#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. In the TLLM funds, more than 92 thousand museum items are stored. And the number one is the shaman's tambourine. The unique exhibit entered the museum collection in September 1953 and the next year it will celebrate a round date in this status. Museum workers ...

Mammoth remains help scientists find cures for infections

Mammoth remains help scientists find cures for infections

#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. The remains of Yakut mammoths are helping scientists find cures for dangerous infections. Artemy Goncharov, Doctor of Medical Sciences, head of the Microorganisms Functional Genomics and Proteomics Laboratory at the Experimental Medicine Institute, spoke about this in an interview with Fontanka. During expeditions to the ...