KrymOHRIS in the documents of the department of written sources of the State historical museum (1920-1927)

The analysis of the composition of the Crimean block fund 54 documentary arrays «The collection of the materials on museum construction in the RSFSR», which is stored in the Department of Written Sources of the State Historical Museum Russian Federation in Moscow was chosen as the aim of scientific research. Crimean regional committee for museums and preservation of ancient monuments, art, nature and folk life (KrymOHRIS), which had a decisive effect on the formation of museum collections, preservation and restoration of historical monuments and architecture of the peninsula, functioned as a part of public authorities from Novemb er 1920 to 1927. Classification of the Crimean documents of this fund without detailed characterization of their content was proposed by historian V. F. Kozlov in the scientific literature in the 1980s. Besides “Crimean block” of archival papers today, the important documents about activities of KrymOHRISa that are scattered in other affairs of the fund, but of the considerable interest for restoring the history of the Crimean local history, were identified by the author. The main array of Crimean documents makes up 17 storage units in the fund after its reorganization (No. 996-1012). The three massive of affairs “Documents of KrymOHRIS” (№№ 996-998) include the report documents (annual reports of organizations for the years 1920-1924), the organizational and administrative papers, the current correspondence on the administrative papers accounting of the cultural heritage sites, the materials for the preparation of the First Congress of KrymOHRIS, including the manuscript reports. Of the considerable interest are service notes (reports) on the stay in Crimea of such representatives of the Museum Department General Directorate of Scientific, Scientific, Artistic and Museum Institutions of People's Commissariat of Education of the RSFSR as B. F. Dobrynin, A.V. Lebedev and V. M. Sokolov. Significantly complements the overall representation of activities of the central administration and city organizations of KrymOHRIS the reporting and organizational documentation obeying it the Crimean museums, which is the basis of all the Crimean papers. The author identified the substantial materials which helped to restore the picture of the organizational activity of KrymOHRIS. These documents belong to the IV Crimean regional museum conference which took place on September 12-13, 1926. In these archival materials in-depth reports made by J. P. Birzgal, K. E. Grinevich, I. I. Puzanov, S. D. Shiryaev are saved. The author revealed the part of the Crimean papers remained unaddressed in the “Crimean block” of the affairs of fund 54. The mentioned documents significantly complement the information known on the activities of KrymOHRIS as an important structure in the organization of the cultural life of the region.

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