Features of museum presentation of material culture Finno-Ugrians of the Volga I thousand bc e. - II thousand ad e

Introduction. The period from the I millennium BC till the beginning of II thousand AD takes a special place in the history of the Finno-Ugric Volga region as the time of formation of the Mari and Mordovian ethnic groups, their material and spiritual culture. The aim of the work is to study and generalize the experience of the presentation of the material culture of the Finno-Ugrians of I millennium BC. till the beginning of II thousand AD in the museums of the Volga region. It involves the following tasks: to determine the features of building the archaeological part of the exposition of museums, identify the items of material culture of Finno-Ugric peoples of the period and the features of their exposure. Materials and Methods. The research employs both philosophical and general research methods. Results and Discussion. Material culture of Finno-Ugrians of I millennium BC - the beginning of II thousand AD is represented in the museums of the Finno-Ugrian republics, as well as Tatarstan and Chuvashia. Republican museums conduct great educational and educational work. That determines the construction of the main part of the expositions in accordance with the chronological principle, which allows consistently introduce the stages of the history of the region, since ancient times. An exception is thematic exhibitions that reveal one or another side of the ancient culture of the ethnic groups. Conclusion. The museums have different capacities (material and technical) to represent the ancient objects of material culture, which is associated with the size of the premises, and with the accents of the expositions themselves, when archaeological departments perform different roles.