R.G. Kuzeev Institute of Ethnological Research

In the Department of the Peoples of the Urals with the Museum of Archaeology and Ethnography, comprehensive studies of ethnic history and ethno-cultural interactions of the Turkic, Finno-Ugric and East Slavic peoples of Bashkortostan and the Volga-Ural region as a whole are being developed.

During the entire period of the Department’s existence, the Museum of Archaeology and Ethnography is an integral part of it, in which the richest collections on all periods of the ancient, ancient and medieval history of the Southern Urals are concentrated, valuable and fairly representative collections on the culture and life of the peoples of the region are accumulated.

The exhibitions of the museum reflect the latest ideas about the development of peoples and cultures in the Southern Urals from ancient times to the late Middle Ages, in chronology show the evolution and change of different cultures and ethnic formations. The exposition of 3 halls with bright and original materials on the ethnography of the Bashkirs and peoples of the Republic of Belarus is completed. Exhibitions and halls are accompanied by maps, schemes, plans, photographs, graphic reconstructions that allow visitors to get rich and complete information.