This paper examines the problematic fate of Kepler’s handwritten archives, which changed hands on... more This paper examines the problematic fate of Kepler’s handwritten archives, which changed hands on several occasions until they appeared in Russia in 1774. Under a directive from the Empress Catherine the Great, part of Kepler’s archive was bought for the Saint Petersburg Academy of Sciences. From 1937, J. Kepler’s personal manuscripts were kept in the Archive of the Academy of Sciences, USSR (now the Saint Petersburg branch of the Archive of the Russian Academy of Sciences).
The authors publish a hitherto unknown squeeze made from a North West Semitic inscription. The sq... more The authors publish a hitherto unknown squeeze made from a North West Semitic inscription. The squeeze originally belonged to the Russian Archeological Institute in Constantinople and is now hosted by the St. Petersburg Branch of the Archive of the Russian Academy of Sciences. The inscription, performed in relief, may have been made on a large ornamented stone vessel. Paleographic features of the letters point to the mid‑9th century BC as its approximate date. Both paleographic and linguistic features of the text suggest that its origin is to be sought in Southern Canaan (Palestine).
This paper presents a brief history and some of the characteristics of the collections of the old... more This paper presents a brief history and some of the characteristics of the collections of the oldest archives formed by the Russian Academy of Sciences in St. Petersburg over almost 300 years of history. Attention is focused on the main problems of the archives that arose after the reform of the Russian Academy of Sciences in 2013; prospects for their solution are outlined.
The two Russian revolutions and the Civil War of 1917–1922 radically changed the vector of the Ac... more The two Russian revolutions and the Civil War of 1917–1922 radically changed the vector of the Academy of Sciences’ development and the fates of its associates. Documents from the unique collection of the Academy’s archive, testifying to the efforts of the scientific community to keep the Academy as a center of science and enlightenment in the watershed epoch of the country’s development are presented.
Archaeology, Ethnology and Anthropology of Eurasia (Russian-language), 2023
В статье рассматриваются рисунки древностей из археологической коллекции Д.Г. Мессершмидта, собра... more В статье рассматриваются рисунки древностей из археологической коллекции Д.Г. Мессершмидта, собранной им во время первой научной комплексной экспедиции в Сибирь (1719-1727). Установлено, что изображения памятников сохранились в документах академического архива в личном фонде путешественника — в полевых дневниках, приложениях к рапортам в Аптекарскую/Медицинскую канцелярию, обширном рукописном труде по итогам экспедиции «Sibiria Perlustrata» (1727). Археологическая коллекция Д.Г. Мессершмидта в 1728 г. была включена в состав Сибирской коллекции Петра Великого, хранившейся в Кунсткамере. Выявлены акварельные и карандашные рисунки, гравюры с изображениями экспонатов Кунсткамеры из коллекции путешественника. Установлено, что рукописные описания и рисунки предметов позволяют частично реконструировать утраченное в пожаре Кунсткамеры 1747 г. археологическое собрание первого ученого-энциклопедиста, исследовавшего Сибирь. Как показало изучение изобразительных материалов Д.Г. Мессершмидта, он...
Статья посвящена исследованию биографии и научного наследия Ивана Алексеевича Стемпковского (1788... more Статья посвящена исследованию биографии и научного наследия Ивана Алексеевича Стемпковского (1788-1832) — одного из создателей классической археологии в России, специалиста по археологии и истории Северного Причерноморья.Иллюстрации: литографический портрет И.А. Стемпковского — с. 359
Публикация переписки М.И. Ростовцева с английским археологом-классиком, палеографом и историком-с... more Публикация переписки М.И. Ростовцева с английским археологом-классиком, палеографом и историком-славистом Э.Х Минзом освещает контакты двух ученых с 1913 по 1952 гг. и демонстрирует эволюцию их отношений.Примечания: с. 516-544. Публикация подготовлена при финансовой поддержке Российского фонда фундаментальных исследований (РФФИ). Проект № 02-06-87075
The third volume of academician N.P. Kondakov’s «Iconography of the Mother of God» remained inpub... more The third volume of academician N.P. Kondakov’s «Iconography of the Mother of God» remained inpublished in Russian. Kondakov took the manuscript to Prague and in December 1924 the publication rights were sold to the Vatican. Since that time the manuscript had been thought lost. A French translation, written in four different hands, was recently discovered by I. Foletti in the Pontifical Oriental Institute, and published by him (Roma, 2011). Attempts to discover the Russian original should be conducted in the Slavonic Department of the Vatican Library and National Library of France in Paris, with the purpose of publishing Kondakov’s original in his native land in fitting manner.The third volume of academician N.P. Kondakov’s «Iconography of the Mother of God» remained inpublished in Russian. Kondakov took the manuscript to Prague and in December 1924 the publication rights were sold to the Vatican. Since that time the manuscript had been thought lost. A French translation, written in...
According to archival documents, the biography of the Theodosian town governor (1810—1816), state... more According to archival documents, the biography of the Theodosian town governor (1810—1816), state councilor Semen Bronevsky, in whose house Pushkin and Raevsky stayed in 1820, was reconstructed. The stages of his military and civil service, the circumstances of disgrace and resignation were traced. Bronevsky is the author of books and notes on the history of Russian-Caucasian relations of the 16th — 19th centuries, which had a significant impact on the works of A. S. Pushkin and M. Yu. Lermontov devoted to the Caucasus and all subsequent historiography of Caucasian studies. As the town governor of Theodosia, Bronevsky did a lot for the improvement of the city, initiated the creation of the first municipal archaeological museum in the Russian Empire — the Theodosia Museum of Antiquities (1811) and the first excavations by the «father of Bosporan archeology» Paul Dubrux in the Eastern Crimea and on the Taman Peninsula.
Ancient Civilizations from Scythia to Siberia, 2021
This article is the publication of the plates compiled by N.N. Murzakevich, secretary of the Odes... more This article is the publication of the plates compiled by N.N. Murzakevich, secretary of the Odessa Society for History and Antiquities. It contains tracings of 241 Classical coins and lists of coin finds from the island of Fidonisi (known as Leuke in antiquity), which had been excavated in the 1840s and early 1850s. Recent data have led to a doubling of the list of Greek centres (up to 202) and the rulers of a number of states and peoples, whose coins made their way to the island. Details of these finds and the dates of the emissions illustrate clearly the development and chronological framework of the religious and economic ties between the northern coast of Pontus with the various regions of the Classical oikumene. The geographical range of the coin finds (from Magna Graecia, Sicily and the Levant to the Aegean, the Balkans, the Pontic region and Asia and as far away as Mesopotamia) demonstrates that the sanctuary of Achilles on the island of Leuke situated at a meeting point of ...
The third volume of academician N.P. Kondakov's «Iconography of the Mother of God» remained i... more The third volume of academician N.P. Kondakov's «Iconography of the Mother of God» remained inpublished in Russian. Kondakov took the manuscript to Prague and in December 1924 the publication rights were sold to the Vatican. Since that time the manuscript had been thought lost. A French translation, written in four different hands, was recently discovered by I. Foletti in the Pontifical Oriental Institute, and published by him (Roma, 2011). Attempts to discover the Russian original should be conducted in the Slavonic Department of the Vatican Library and National Library of France in Paris, with the purpose of publishing Kondakov's original in his native land in fitting manner.
This paper examines the problematic fate of Kepler’s handwritten archives, which changed hands on... more This paper examines the problematic fate of Kepler’s handwritten archives, which changed hands on several occasions until they appeared in Russia in 1774. Under a directive from the Empress Catherine the Great, part of Kepler’s archive was bought for the Saint Petersburg Academy of Sciences. From 1937, J. Kepler’s personal manuscripts were kept in the Archive of the Academy of Sciences, USSR (now the Saint Petersburg branch of the Archive of the Russian Academy of Sciences).
The authors publish a hitherto unknown squeeze made from a North West Semitic inscription. The sq... more The authors publish a hitherto unknown squeeze made from a North West Semitic inscription. The squeeze originally belonged to the Russian Archeological Institute in Constantinople and is now hosted by the St. Petersburg Branch of the Archive of the Russian Academy of Sciences. The inscription, performed in relief, may have been made on a large ornamented stone vessel. Paleographic features of the letters point to the mid‑9th century BC as its approximate date. Both paleographic and linguistic features of the text suggest that its origin is to be sought in Southern Canaan (Palestine).
This paper presents a brief history and some of the characteristics of the collections of the old... more This paper presents a brief history and some of the characteristics of the collections of the oldest archives formed by the Russian Academy of Sciences in St. Petersburg over almost 300 years of history. Attention is focused on the main problems of the archives that arose after the reform of the Russian Academy of Sciences in 2013; prospects for their solution are outlined.
The two Russian revolutions and the Civil War of 1917–1922 radically changed the vector of the Ac... more The two Russian revolutions and the Civil War of 1917–1922 radically changed the vector of the Academy of Sciences’ development and the fates of its associates. Documents from the unique collection of the Academy’s archive, testifying to the efforts of the scientific community to keep the Academy as a center of science and enlightenment in the watershed epoch of the country’s development are presented.
Archaeology, Ethnology and Anthropology of Eurasia (Russian-language), 2023
В статье рассматриваются рисунки древностей из археологической коллекции Д.Г. Мессершмидта, собра... more В статье рассматриваются рисунки древностей из археологической коллекции Д.Г. Мессершмидта, собранной им во время первой научной комплексной экспедиции в Сибирь (1719-1727). Установлено, что изображения памятников сохранились в документах академического архива в личном фонде путешественника — в полевых дневниках, приложениях к рапортам в Аптекарскую/Медицинскую канцелярию, обширном рукописном труде по итогам экспедиции «Sibiria Perlustrata» (1727). Археологическая коллекция Д.Г. Мессершмидта в 1728 г. была включена в состав Сибирской коллекции Петра Великого, хранившейся в Кунсткамере. Выявлены акварельные и карандашные рисунки, гравюры с изображениями экспонатов Кунсткамеры из коллекции путешественника. Установлено, что рукописные описания и рисунки предметов позволяют частично реконструировать утраченное в пожаре Кунсткамеры 1747 г. археологическое собрание первого ученого-энциклопедиста, исследовавшего Сибирь. Как показало изучение изобразительных материалов Д.Г. Мессершмидта, он...
Статья посвящена исследованию биографии и научного наследия Ивана Алексеевича Стемпковского (1788... more Статья посвящена исследованию биографии и научного наследия Ивана Алексеевича Стемпковского (1788-1832) — одного из создателей классической археологии в России, специалиста по археологии и истории Северного Причерноморья.Иллюстрации: литографический портрет И.А. Стемпковского — с. 359
Публикация переписки М.И. Ростовцева с английским археологом-классиком, палеографом и историком-с... more Публикация переписки М.И. Ростовцева с английским археологом-классиком, палеографом и историком-славистом Э.Х Минзом освещает контакты двух ученых с 1913 по 1952 гг. и демонстрирует эволюцию их отношений.Примечания: с. 516-544. Публикация подготовлена при финансовой поддержке Российского фонда фундаментальных исследований (РФФИ). Проект № 02-06-87075
The third volume of academician N.P. Kondakov’s «Iconography of the Mother of God» remained inpub... more The third volume of academician N.P. Kondakov’s «Iconography of the Mother of God» remained inpublished in Russian. Kondakov took the manuscript to Prague and in December 1924 the publication rights were sold to the Vatican. Since that time the manuscript had been thought lost. A French translation, written in four different hands, was recently discovered by I. Foletti in the Pontifical Oriental Institute, and published by him (Roma, 2011). Attempts to discover the Russian original should be conducted in the Slavonic Department of the Vatican Library and National Library of France in Paris, with the purpose of publishing Kondakov’s original in his native land in fitting manner.The third volume of academician N.P. Kondakov’s «Iconography of the Mother of God» remained inpublished in Russian. Kondakov took the manuscript to Prague and in December 1924 the publication rights were sold to the Vatican. Since that time the manuscript had been thought lost. A French translation, written in...
According to archival documents, the biography of the Theodosian town governor (1810—1816), state... more According to archival documents, the biography of the Theodosian town governor (1810—1816), state councilor Semen Bronevsky, in whose house Pushkin and Raevsky stayed in 1820, was reconstructed. The stages of his military and civil service, the circumstances of disgrace and resignation were traced. Bronevsky is the author of books and notes on the history of Russian-Caucasian relations of the 16th — 19th centuries, which had a significant impact on the works of A. S. Pushkin and M. Yu. Lermontov devoted to the Caucasus and all subsequent historiography of Caucasian studies. As the town governor of Theodosia, Bronevsky did a lot for the improvement of the city, initiated the creation of the first municipal archaeological museum in the Russian Empire — the Theodosia Museum of Antiquities (1811) and the first excavations by the «father of Bosporan archeology» Paul Dubrux in the Eastern Crimea and on the Taman Peninsula.
Ancient Civilizations from Scythia to Siberia, 2021
This article is the publication of the plates compiled by N.N. Murzakevich, secretary of the Odes... more This article is the publication of the plates compiled by N.N. Murzakevich, secretary of the Odessa Society for History and Antiquities. It contains tracings of 241 Classical coins and lists of coin finds from the island of Fidonisi (known as Leuke in antiquity), which had been excavated in the 1840s and early 1850s. Recent data have led to a doubling of the list of Greek centres (up to 202) and the rulers of a number of states and peoples, whose coins made their way to the island. Details of these finds and the dates of the emissions illustrate clearly the development and chronological framework of the religious and economic ties between the northern coast of Pontus with the various regions of the Classical oikumene. The geographical range of the coin finds (from Magna Graecia, Sicily and the Levant to the Aegean, the Balkans, the Pontic region and Asia and as far away as Mesopotamia) demonstrates that the sanctuary of Achilles on the island of Leuke situated at a meeting point of ...
The third volume of academician N.P. Kondakov's «Iconography of the Mother of God» remained i... more The third volume of academician N.P. Kondakov's «Iconography of the Mother of God» remained inpublished in Russian. Kondakov took the manuscript to Prague and in December 1924 the publication rights were sold to the Vatican. Since that time the manuscript had been thought lost. A French translation, written in four different hands, was recently discovered by I. Foletti in the Pontifical Oriental Institute, and published by him (Roma, 2011). Attempts to discover the Russian original should be conducted in the Slavonic Department of the Vatican Library and National Library of France in Paris, with the purpose of publishing Kondakov's original in his native land in fitting manner.
«Sibiria Perlustrata» Д. Г. Мессершмидта — энциклопедическое описание Сибири Петровской эпохи, 2022
Настоящее издание представляет собой научный комментарий к рукописи «Sibiria Perlustrata» («Описа... more Настоящее издание представляет собой научный комментарий к рукописи «Sibiria Perlustrata» («Описание Сибири»), составленной Д. Г. Мессершмидтом (1685–1735), первым исследователем Сибири, направленным в это путешествие именным указом Петра Великого. После своего возвращения из экспедиции Д. Г. Мессершмидт подготовил итоговый комплексный отчет, в который вошли сведения о географии, климате, природных богатствах Сибири и народах, ее населявших. Эта рукопись, хранящаяся в Санкт-Петербургском филиале Архива Российской академии наук, не была опубликована; только в 2020 г. в СПбФ АРАН было предпринято ее факсимильное издание (Messerschmidt D. G. Sibiria Perlustrata, etc. СПб. : Изд. дом «Коло», 2020). Настоящая монография включ ает публикацию отдельных разделов рукописи, комментарии к ним, а также материалы, которые Д. Г. Мессершмидт предполагал поместить в свой отчет, но не мог этого сделать по объективным причинам. Издание предназначено для историков науки и всех читателей, интересующихся историей научного изучения Сибири в XVIII в.
Сибирская коллекция Д. Г. Мессершмидта — первое научное археологическое собрание России, 2023
На основе архивных документов в монографии реконструируется археологическая коллекция Даниэля Гот... more На основе архивных документов в монографии реконструируется археологическая коллекция Даниэля Готлиба Мессершмидта (Daniel Gottlieb Messerschmidt; 1685–1735), который по поручению Петра I возглавил первую научную комплексную экспедицию в Сибирь (1719–1727). Экспедиция открыла огромный пласт неизвестных ранее памятников материальной культуры, причем коллекция путешественника на то время стала самым крупным в мире и наиболее представительным научным собранием артефактов северо-востока Евразии. Издание также вводит в научный оборот изобразительные материалы по археологии Урала и Сибири Академического отряда Второй Камчатской экспедиции (1733–1743), шедшей по следам Д. Г. Мессершмидта. Эти материалы попали в Сибирскую коллекцию Петра I в Кунсткамере, в 1859 г. переданную в Эрмитаж. В книге впервые в мировой историографии представлен свод изобразительных материалов археологических памятников Сибири, открытых научными экспедициями в первой трети XVIII в., с современной культурноисторической атрибуцией артефактов. Издание адресовано историкам науки, специалистам по археологии Урала и Сибири и всем читателям, интересующимся историей России.
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