Pages: 237-247

In the funds of the Samara Museum for History and Regional Studies named after P. V. Alabin there is a small collection of jewelry made of precious metals by the Volga Bulgarians of the 12th — early 13th century. The article describes items from this collection that originate from the sites of Volga Bulgaria in the Samara region. The range of jewelry products in Volga Bulgaria includes a variety of personal jewelry. A special place is occupied by items from the Zhiguli hoard, discovered on the Samara Luka and representing an outstanding example of Bulgarian jewelry art of the pre-Mongol period. These artifacts are evidence not only of the high level of development of the Volga Bulgarians’ metalworking craft, but also indicators of the level of artistic representations of society as a whole within the cultural traditions of the Muslim East.

Keywords: Volga Bulgaria, Samara Luka, jewelry, earrings, chains, breast jewelry, pendants, bracelets

Information about authors:

Anna Kochkina (Samara, Russian Federation). SamaraMuseum for History and Regional Studies named after P. V. Alabin. Leninskaya St., 142, Samara, 443041, Russian Federation
E-mail: [email protected]
Dmitriy Stashenkov (Samara, Russian Federation). Candidate of Historical Sciences. SamaraMuseum for History and Regional Studies named after P. V. Alabin. Leninskaya St., 142, Samara, 443041, Russian Federation
E-mail: [email protected]