The Kazan Kremlin is hosting the International round table devoted to the book by Ibn Fadlan

From September  18 to 20  at the Museum-Reserve "The Kazan Kremlin" an  international round table devoted to the book of Ibn Fadlan, his epoch and archaeological collections is being held.

On February 19, the Center "Hermitage-Kazan" started its exhibition "Journey of Ibn Fadlan: Volga route from Baghdad to Bulgaria". For the exhibition their  collections have presented   leading Russian museums. This is the biggest number  of the participants for 11 years of existence of the Kazan  representative of the State Hermitage. Among the exhibits monuments of arts and crafts and jewelry  made by peoples of Eastern Europe, the works by  potters and glass blowers from the Middle East, most of which are on display for the first time. The exhibition, created especially for Kazan, aroused great interest of the museum visitors.

At the suggestion of  General Director of the State Hermitage Mikhail Piotrovsky and  director of the Institute of History of the Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Tatarstan Rafael Khakimov the  conference - round table dedicated to the notes of Ibn Fadlan and his era was scheduled.

His papers have been  presented by specialists from the UK. Azerbaijan, Moscow, St. Petersburg, Astrakhan, Samara, Volgograd and, of course, Kazan, the press service of "The Kazan Kremlin informs."