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The legendary Nildin Dishs
Ŕ.V. Baulo
The story of this remarkable finding dates over 20 years back, when the author of this article together with Izmail N. Gemuev, untimely deceased, were working in the watershed of the river Northern Sosva. Here, in yurts scattered along the river banks live the Mansi, a small nationality kin to the Khanty, Hungarians, Estonians, and Finns. They hunt and fish, worship their gods, offer sacrifice, and observe their customs… Signs of their original culture include sanctuaries preserved in the recesses of Siberian taiga. It was in one of these "open-air cathedrals" that a richly-decorated ancient silver dish was found, which is now kept in the archives of the Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography, SB RAS
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