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Museum of Ancient Rus Pottery
The Museum of Pottery of the Vyshhorod Historical and Cultural Reserve introduces the Vyshhorod region as a leading historical center of the traditions of pottery in Kievan Rus. The large pottery center of Ancient Vyshgorod was discovered in the middle of the XX century during the construction of the Kyiv HPP infrastructure. According to archaeologists, in the XI century. on the territory of 5-6 hectares there were about 250-300 pottery kilns. Probably, measuring utensils for taxation were made here. Most of the finds were destroyed during the construction of residential buildings in the city of power engineers.
An exposition pavilion was built over the only surviving medieval pottery kiln. Nearby, in a village house of the middle of the XX century, there is an exposition of arche ...
Categories | Museum / gallery |
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Date of foundation | 2006 |
Address |
Mezhyhirskoho Spasa Street, 11
Vyshhorod |
Coordinates |
50.5895° N, 30.4944° E
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Phone | +380 4596 25315, +380 4596 52859, |
vimus@ukr.net | |
Official site |
https://vikz.org.ua/ |
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