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The Museum

The section “Games and Toys” in the exposition “The Ethnic Pictures” of “The Museum and Exhibition Complex n. a. I. S. Shemanovsky”. From the photo-archive of the MEC.

conditions. The archeological collection rarities of the s, commemorated the cardinal changes of the capital
MEC are subjects from the monuments territories of visual environment for the last 20 years, are attributed
the federal importance, namely sanctuary Ust’-Poluy to these sections.
(I century BC – I century AD), the first Russian The works of the indigenous Northern peoples’
transpolar city Mangazei XVII century. representatives, of the artists coming to Salekhard
The ethnographic collection lays the foundation open-air, and of Salekhard’s painters compose three art
for all fund collection of the MEC, being the successor collections of the museum. The memorable exhibits are
of “The Ethnography Collections Storehouse of the a mythological interpretation of the Soviet history by
Non-Russians in Tobolsk North” and including the the Komi painter that is the canvas “Lenin on Yamal”
material culture objects of the peoples living in this by I. G. Istomin (1947), neoarchaic lino print the
region. The famous exhibits are a winter yagushka of Khanty by G. S. Raishev, the fine illustrations to the
ХIХ century, a shaman parka with pendants, depicting Khanty legends by N. M. Taligina. Nowadays the art
assisting spirits, the Khanty dress made of nettle linen collection of painting and graphics are enlarged at the
and decorated with rich ornament. expense of the active exhibition work, oriented not
Early-printed books and the ones from Fr. Irinarkh’s only to local names but also to the recognised capital’s
library are attributed to unique exhibits being kept in the and European masters (N. Kazimova, O. Yakhnin, V.
academic library fund of rare and early-printed books. Stanishevsky). In 2016, the painting collection was
The tragic and victorious facets of the newest supplemented by the impressive gift of Timchenko’s
Russia’s history is reflected in the special sections of a Fund, consisting of 75 canvases; Y. Y. Moiseenko,
historical and life collection, a documental fond and the V.E. Popkov, S.I. Osipov are among the names of this
gathering of photographs and negatives. The collection representative collection. In art collections, the central
#501 of documents, photographs, and objects referring place is occupied with the carved ivory one, including
to the building history, the photo-retrospective of the all famous Russian centres on the art ivory production
events in Yamal and Salekhard of the 1950-s – 2010- and Yamal as well.

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