Makhachkala museum shows history of two Dagestani capitals

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Makhachkala, March 2, 2016. The Museum of Makhachkala City History has opened today an artistic-documentary exhibition "Two capitals Temir-Khan-Shura - Makhachkala", dedicated to the 95th anniversary of renaming of two cities - Temir-Khan-Shura and Port-Petrovsk and the 150th anniversary of the city of Buinaksk, - the mayor's office spokesperson informs.

The exhibition consist of paintings, graphics, pre-revolutionary postcards, photographs and archival materials from the period of the second half of the nineteenth century to the present day. Recall the ancient Dagestani city of Temir-Khan-Shura was the administrative center of Dagestan region in the XIX century. It was renamed into Buinaksk in 1922. The city of Port-Petrovsk is the old name of Makhachkala, renamed in the first half of the twentieth century.

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