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Sep 18 • 3 tweets • 2 min read
The russian occupiers destroyed the monuments of the sacred art of the Polovtsians - the Polovtsian stone women (dating from the IX-XIII centuries), which are located on mount Kremenets near Izyum (now liberated)

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Sanctuaries with effigies were a place for performing the memorial cult of ancestors, not directly related to burials. Many of the Polovtsian women depict men in particular.
Article about stone babas in Ukraine as ancient art
artukraine.com.ua/eng/a/kamennye…

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