Name of archaeologist Ekaterina Devlet was immortalized in Shulgan-Tash Museum Complex

In Bashkiria, the name of the archaeologist Ekaterina Devlet, who became one of the initiators of the Shulgan-Tash Museum Complex creation, was immortalized. One of the classrooms of the museum complex is named after her, where a kind of snow-white art object appeared - a model of a cave for drawing. The cave painting room was solemnly opened as part of the opening of the Year of Fundamental Sciences in the presence of Russian scientists and the scientist's family.

Speaking at the opening of the class, Nikolay Makarov, director of the Institute of Archeology of the Russian Academy of Sciences, expressed his deep gratitude to the Bashkir colleagues for not forgetting the outstanding specialist in rock art, who was at the forefront of the work to preserve the Shulgan-Tash drawings.

The husband of Ekaterina Devlet, a specialist at the Kurchatov Institute, Eduard Greshnikov, was very impressed with the information stand about his wife. Despite the fatal illness, she devoted a lot of energy to organizing work to preserve the Paleolithic painting of Shulgan-Tash.

Rock art expert Ekaterina Devlet actively participated in the project to promote the Shulgan-Tash Cave to the UNESCO World Heritage List. As head of the Center for Paleoart at the Institute of Archeology of the Russian Academy of Sciences, she oversaw the work of her Bashkir colleagues. Ekaterina's son Devlet Stanislav Greshnikov, who was present at the opening of the museum, noted that the creation of a room named after her mother was a pleasant surprise for him.

The room with an interesting art object is located on the second floor. Its contents through the stained-glass window are perfectly visible from the conference room on the first floor. This is the idea of ​​the architect who designed the building. Visitors to the museum can see through the glass the drawings of children left on the model of the cave.

Timur Sabitov, the chief artist of the museum exposition, noted that the purpose of the room is to show the process of creating rock art, attracting children to art.

The classroom will feature iron-bearing rocks, as well as ready-made ocher–hematite, which children can crush, mix with oil, and then use the resulting paint to apply drawings on the model of the cave.

The team of designer Timur Sabitov worked on the creation of the cave painting room. I found a technological solution and created a layout of Chingiz Mazitov on a computer. The abstract figure was already assembled according to the drawings by the masters Radik Khalikov, Grigory Panfilov, and Rinat Shafikov.

The cave painting room will be available for school students who want to take cave painting lessons here.