Russian Museum of Ethnography

11532 “On the establishment of a special institution called the “Russian Museum of Emperor Alexander III” and on the presentation for this purpose of the Mikhailovsky Palace acquired by the treasury with all the outbuildings, services and garden belonging to it.

[2] The museum's first exhibits were the gifts received by the Russian Tsars from peoples of Imperial Russia.

Prince Tenishev, a wealthy industrialist, donated to the museum the archives of his private ethnographic bureau that had been documenting the life of Russian peasants since the 19th century.

In 1901–1902 Dudin made a large-scale expedition that covered the territory from the Caspian Sea to Kashgar, creating a fund for the culture of the peoples of Central Asia.

On the initiative of Radlov, the first expeditionary trips were entrusted to Dudin, who, together with Bartold, participated in archaeological expeditions to the region.

Under the leadership of Radlov, Dudin drew up a travel program that received the approval of the manager of the Russian Museum, Grand Duke Georgy Mikhailovich.

In the 20s of the 20th century, the department's collection was significantly expanded, including works of art from private and palace collections in St. Petersburg and its suburbs, including personal gifts from the Bukhara emirs to Alexander III, Nicholas II and members of their families.

[5] In 2016, the World Society for the Study, Preservation and Popularization of the Cultural Heritage of Uzbekistan, with the participation of the Chairman of the Board of Trustees Bakhtiyor Fazylov, the Chairman of the Scientific Council Ds.C Edward Rtveladze, as well as the Chairman of the Board of the World Society and the head of the project “Cultural Heritage of Uzbekistan” PhD Firdavs Abdukhalikov published the book-album “Cultural heritage of Uzbekistan.

[6] A documentary film was also made dedicated to the cultural heritage of Uzbekistan in the collections of the Russian Ethnographic Museum.