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This is one of the galleries on the ground floor of
the Winter Palace. It houses works of culture and art produced by
the steppe-land tribes of southern Russia in the age of the Sarmatians
and the Great Migrations (4th century B.C. - 7th century). Exhibits
from the "Novocherkassk Hoard" form a whole complex of gold,
silver and bronze artefacts. The grave of a chieftain of one of the
barbarian tribes (Concesti village, now in Romania) produced magnificent
examples of Byzantine art, including a silver amphora. The display
includes archaeological material relating to Finno-Ugric peoples as
dating from between the 7th century B.C. and the 14th century, notable
is a collection of artistic metalwork from the Kama basin. |
