Russia and the republics of the former Soviet Union possess some of the most magnificent treasures of Persian art. Many of these works have been rarely seen and are published and catalogued in this book for the first time with a large selection of colour plates. With over 300 colour plates and 150 black and white plates from the collections of The Hermitage Museum, National Library of Russia, Moscow Museum of Oriental Peoples, Kremlin Museum, St. Petersburg Museum of Ethnography and other museums and collections.