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Mongolian Ger gifted to Oriental Museum of Russia
Art & CultureUlaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ On the occasion of the 95th jubilee of diplomatic ties between Mongolia and Russia, the Russian State Museum of Oriental Art hosted a photographic exhibition named "UB City in 1957–1963: Testimony of Lumir Iisl" between September 7-29. The exhibition has opened under auspices of the diplomatic missions of Mongolia and the Czech Republic to Russia.
The closing ceremony was attended by the Mongolian Ambassador, Ms B.Delgermaa and the Director of the Czech Cultural Center in Moscow, Mr Marek Gavlicek and the Director General of the State Museum of Oriental Art, Mr Alexander Sedov.
Ambassador B.Delgermaa extended a gratitude to the organizers for showing the public exclusive photos featuring social life and beautiful landscape of Mongolia, taken by a prominent architect Lumir Iisl between 1957 and 1963, and informed the gathered the Embassy is gifting to the State Museum the Ger (traditional Mongolian dwelling), which was built in the museum yard for exhibition.
The Ambassador highlighted that among many dwellings of the nomadic ethnicities, the traditional craftsmanship and customs associated to the Mongol Ger were inscribed in the list of intangible cultural heritages by UNESCO in 2013.
It had been our long-time wish to build a Mongol Ger in our museum’s yard for the audience, said Mr Sedov and thanked the Ambassador for making it come true on behalf of whole museum staff.
