Head of the Tuvan Government and director of the State Hermitage Mikhail Piotrovski decided that the treasures from the the burial mound (kurgan) Arzhan-2 will go on being kept on the Hermitage. Temporarily, while the new building of the Tuvan museum where the artefacts were to be on show is still under construction. In summer 2001 researchers unearthed the richest early Scythian burial site not only in Siberia but in the entire steppe zone of Eurasia.
Sherig-ool Oorzhak declared introduction of 11 State Prizes of Tuva in Art and Literature. Nominees are being selected by a state commission. Among pretenders are writers, actors, dancers, stone-covers, singers etc. The names of the laureates who will receive 120 000 roubles (4200 dollars) will have been declared by the end of the year.
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