Karakalpakstan
According to experts and the world press, the collection of the State Museum of Arts of the Republic of Karakalpakstan named after. I. V. Savitsky is the best art collection in the Asian region, has the second largest collection of works of Russian avant-garde.
It is believed that the name of the city "Nukus" is associated with the number "nine" - and came from the name of the tribe "Nokis". The legend says that nine women were exiled to this deserted area by the Khorezm Shah, and a ban was imposed on them not to marry. But, nevertheless, the ban was violated, and the women gave rise to a tribe, which later settled in these places. The country survived the Arab conquest and belonging to the Mongol ulus of Jochi. It was on this territory that the whole burden of the wars during the Mongol-Islamic confrontation fell.
On the territory of the Mizdakhan complex there are unique monuments of Nukus - the underground mausoleum of Mazlumkhan-Zulu, the ruins of a madrasah and the mausoleum of Yerezhep-Khalifa, dated to the 9th-11th centuries. On the Ustyurt plateau, scientists find the remains of caravanserais and wells, which served as points on the Great Silk Road.
In Karakalpakstan, applied art has been developed from time immemorial. Pile carpet weaving, embroidery and applique - the Karakalpak pattern cannot be confused with any other. Handmade fabrics with bright open and saturated colors, leather embroidery, wood inlay - all this distinguishes the subtlety and jewelry of Karakalpakstan's handiwork.
