Vladimir Putin visited the Republic of Mari El Timofei Yevseyev National Museum.
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| Vladimir Putin visiting the Republic of Mari El Timofei Yevseyev National Museum. |
The President took in the exhibition on the customs and beliefs of the Mari people – one of the few peoples in Europe to have preserved paganism as their traditional religion.
The Timofei Yevseyev National Museum is the republic’s oldest museum and is a leading research, methodological and information center with a unique collection. It was named after ethnographer, folklore historian and lecturer Timofei Yevseyev. Today, its collection has more than 230,000 items.
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| President Putin visited the Republic of Mari El Timofei Yevseyev National Museum. |
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| Vladimir Putin in Timofei Yevseyev National Museum. |
