Azov Museum of History, Archaeology and Palaeontology

Building of Azov Museum

The Azov Museum of History, Archaeology and Palaeontology (Russian: Азовский историко-археологический и палеонтологический музей-заповедник) in Azov, Rostov oblast, is one of the largest museums in the south of Russia, particularly notable for its palaeontological collection.

History

The museum was first opened on 17 May 1917 by the efforts of Mikhail Aronovich Makarovskiy and the town's civic society, and displayed small items given by the local population (old coins, postage stamps, bullets and so on), but was destroyed shortly afterwards in the Russian Revolution. It was reopened in 1937 but the collections were lost during the occupation by German troops in World War II. After the war the local people tried to revive the museum, but to do so took until 1960.

The museum occupies the premises of the old town hall. It also administers the Powder Cellar Museum.

Exhibits

The palaeontological collection contains skeletons of deinotherium, woolly rhinoceros, elasmotherium and steppe bison. The museum also has two complete skeletons of steppe mammoths, a male and a female.

Gallery

• Palaeontology
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  Steppe mammoth
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  Steppe mammoth
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  Steppe mammoth
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  Steppe mammoth
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  Deinotherium
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  Woolly rhinoceros
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  Elasmotherium
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  Steppe bison
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  Bones (various species)
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  Reconstruction of steppe mammoth excavation site

• Weaponry
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  Gorytos and sword sheath
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  Venetian naval cannon
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  Mortar
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  Cannon
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  Cannon
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  Cannon
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  Turkish mortar
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  Gold plaques from caparisons

Further reading

• Музеи России (комплекс., ист., естественно-науч., техн., отраслевые): спpав. Ч. 4. М., 1993. p. 77
• Richagova, E.: Из глубины веков…, in Азовская неделя, 26 March 2015, p. 10
• Barannikova, A.: Музей для детей, in Город N. 23 December 2014, p. 44
• Richagova, E.: Азовскому музею — 95, in Азовская неделя, 24 May 2012, pp. 1, 4
• Zekrach, М.: Хранитель истории, in Приазовье, 23 May 2012, p. 12
• Richagova, Е.: От городской управы до музея, in Азовская неделя, 18 May 2006, p. 1
• Semyonova, S. V.: Азовская диковина, in Дон. временник, 2009, pp. 146–148
• Felotova, Т. А.: Азов и его музей, in Там же., 2007, pp. 59–62
• Boranova, G.: Визитная карточка Азова, in Приазовье, 16 May 2002, p. 4
• Kravtsova, Е. Хранители древностей, in Новая азов. газ., 23 May 2002, p. 5
• Visavskaya, I.: Музей открыл миру Азов, in Азовская неделя, 16 May 2002, p. 1
• Gorvenko, А.: Азовский краеведческий, in Приазовье, 18 May 1996, p. 7
• Dik, N.: Сокровища кочевников Евразии: об экспозиции музея-заповедника, in Азов, 2010, No. 3 (October), p. 12-13
• Boranova, G.: Свидетель истории (история здания музея-заповедника), in Красное Приазовье, 14 August 1984
• Visavskaya, I.: Музей открыл миру Азов, in Азовская неделя, 16 May 2002, p. 1

External links

• Azov Museums website (in Russian)
• Museum.ru - M836 (in Russian)
• Culture.ru - Institutes/11289