Another day at the Hermitage, touring the Russian culture, East Asian, Chinse, Iranian and Caucasus rooms.
Jennifer and a regal snake
Climbing the Jordan Staircase
The “Memorial Room” which served as a ballroom
A sledge built in 1760
Saddle of the Swedish king Charles 12th, captured during the Battle of Poltava in 1709 when the Russians defeated the Swedes.
Tree-trunk coffin from 6th century BC found at the Tuekta burial site in Altai Province
Diadem from 4th Century AD, found at Pogromnoye in Volgograd Province.
Horseman’s armour from he 12th Century, found at Lipovets in Kiev Province.
Stone statue from what is now Xinjiang Province of north-west China
Remains of a shield, 4th century, from Kerch on the eastern Crimea.
Saddle decoration, 4th century, from Concesti (now in Moldova Province of Romania
Child’s funeral mask from Stepnovka, Lugansk Province, 5th century
Models of Scythian people from Tuva Republic, 6th century BC
Saddle mount from Bashadar, Altai Republic, 6th century BC
Dead horse from the Altai, 6th century BC
A ScythianhHorse mask from Pazyryk burial site in the Altai, 5th century BC
A harp, Pazyryk, 5th century BC
Jug from the Altai, 7th century BC
Urartian helmet, 8th century BC
Corpse from Toprak-Kale, 7th century BC
Exhibition of paintings of Hermitage cats. Attacking the Germans.
Cat fighter pilot