archeology

The article, which is written on the basis of previously unpublished archival data, examines the scientific activities of the Department of History and Archaeology of the Crimean branch of the USSR Academy of Sciences in 1950–1953, including personnel, main areas of work, expeditions. This period in the history of Crimean academic archeology is largely due to the struggle against the so-called “teachings of N. Ya. Marr”. The scientific activities of this structural unit are being considered for the first time.

The article is devoted to F. N. Glinka’s archaeological and ethnographic interests and research related to his interest in Russian history, his position as an educator, and his desire to be useful to society. The author focuses on Glinka’s local history journey of 1810–1811, his scientific and educational activities as Chairman of the Free society of admirers of Russian literature, folklore and ethnographic studies during the Petrozavodsk exile, archaeological research on the territory of Tver Karelia, and their poetic and scientific interpretation.