Preservation of Cultural Heritage of Crimea in Conditions of First World War: Activities of Taurida Scientific Archival Commission
https://doi.org/10.24224/2227-1295-2022-11-3-494-513
Abstract
The activities of the Taurida Scientific Archival Commission for the preservation of the cultural heritage of the Crimea during the First World War was discussed in the article. The study was carried out using the principles of the procedural approach and is based on the office materials of the commission, which were not previously involved by the researchers. The relevance of the work is due to the need to analyze the historical experience of organizing the protection of cultural heritage in the context of military conflicts. The author found that in the conditions of the First World War, Taurida Scientific Archival Commission carried out diverse work in the field of protecting cultural heritage. It is shown that the commission successfully replenished its own archival collection and museum collection, commission monitored the state of architectural and archaeological monuments, identified and preserved random archaeological finds. It is noted that the commission carried out work to preserve the historical memory of the events of the First World War, participated in an international campaign against the vandalism of the German army. The author concludes that during the war years, commission remained highly active in the field of cultural heritage protection, but the difficulties of wartime did not allow the full implementation of many significant projects to preserve the cultural heritage of the Crimea.
Supporting agencies: The study was carried out with The financial support of the Russian Foundation for Basic Research within the framework of the scientific project № 20-09-00106 “Preservation of the cultural heritage of Russia in the context of military conflicts in the first half of the 20th century”
About the Author
A. V. Shamanaev
Ural Federal University named after the First President of Russia B.N. Yeltsin
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Andrey V. Shamanaev - PhD in History, Associate Professor, Department of Archeology and Ethnology.
Yekaterinburg
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Shamanaev A.V. Preservation of Cultural Heritage of Crimea in Conditions of First World War: Activities of Taurida Scientific Archival Commission. Nauchnyi dialog. 2022;11(3):494-513. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.24224/2227-1295-2022-11-3-494-513
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