3 грудня в Чернігівському історичному музеї імені В.В. Tarnovsky an exhibition "Echoes of Persia".
The exhibition presents a collection of objects, related to Persian cultural regions, covering the area of modern Iran, Афганістану, Tajikistan, etc..
Персія (self Iran) - one of the oldest countries in the world. Formed as an Achaemenid state in the first millennium BC. is., throughout its existence had a great influence not only on the Asian region, but also on European civilizations.
Scientific studies of Avicenna, historical observations of Ibn Fadlan, poetry of Omar Khayyam, make the culture of Persia known to the whole world.
Presented at the exhibition 27 exhibits, which entered the museum as part of the collection of V.V. Tarnovsky, came from the State Historical Museum (м. Moscow) and the museum of the Chernihiv Musical Instrument Factory. One object - a table - was provided by the Chernihiv Regional Art Museum named after Hryhoriy Galagan. Weapon, armor and men's belts date back to the 18th-19th centuries., musical instruments - the first half of the 20th century.
A rare exhibit for Ukrainian museums is a keshkyul - a cup of a dervish monk. It was made in the 18th and early 19th centuries., decorated with floral ornament and has an inscription in Persian (farsi): "My heart is tired of vanity" - belong to the poet of the 16th century. Al Ameli, another inscription means “… that, wish-fulfilling". The translation was made by an employee of the Iranian Embassy in Ukraine, Mrs. F. Ranjbar and teacher of the Department of Oriental Languages of the Chernihiv Collegium National University named after T.G.. Shevchenko O. Kononchuk. Kishkyuli were used as vessels for collecting alms and drinks. The attribution of this object was carried out by scientists of the National Museum of Eastern and Western Art named after V. and B. Khanenkiv, chief custodian of the fund, O. Kramarova and Deputy General Director G. Rudyk.
Philosophical and poetic texts in the Dari language (variant of Persian) a 19th century table is also decorated.
"Echoes of Persia" is another mini-exhibition of the cycle of exhibitions, dedicated to the history of individual countries or regions of the world.
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