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Muzei antropologii i etnografii im. Petra Velikogo RAN (Kunstkamera/MAE)


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Archives of Russia (2000), pp. 525-30; Muzei Leningrada (1982), pp. 53-54, 117-118; Peterburg 1992, pp. 61-62; Arkhivy Rossii (1997), pp. 401-405; GAF Spravochnik (1991), p. 416; Scholars‘ Guide (1993), pp. 26-27; G&K Spravochnik (1983), p. 54; PKG M&L (1972), p. 237; Spravochnik AN (1979), pp. 87-89; Muzei Leningrada (1989), pp. 84-95; Muzei AN (1983), pp. 22-27, 38-40.


There is no published description of the archival materials in the museum. Regarding the history of the museum in the 1920s and early 1930s, see articles by Shangina, I.I. “Etnograficheskie muzei Moskvy i Leningrada v pervye gody Sovetskoi vlasti (1918–1932 gg.),” Sovetskaia etnografiia (1987, no. 6) and “Etnograficheskie muzei Leningrada na rubezhe 20-kh–30-kh gg. XX v.” in Muzei i vlast', pt. 2: Iz zhizni muzeev: Sbornik nauchnykh trudov (1991). See also the general studies of ethnographic museums: Iz istorii formirovaniia etnograficheskikh kollektsii v muzeiakh Rossii (XIX–XX vv.): Sbornik nauchnykh trudov (1992) and Etnograficheskaia nauka i muzei: Po materialam etnograficheskikh muzeev Akademii nauk SSSR by T.V. Staniukovich (1978).
        The bibliography of the museum available at: http://web1.kunstkamera.ru/library/MA....
 

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General Guides
Series Publications
History of MAE
M.V. Lomonosov Museum

General Guides

e-350. Shafranovskaia, Tamara Konstantinovna. Peterburgskaia Kunstkamera: Putevoditel' po muzeiu. 3d ed. St. Petersburg, 1995. 141 p. [RAN; MAE (Kunstkamera)] (Lib: DLC; IU; MH).
        2d ed.: 1994. 160 p.

A short popular guide to the museum exhibitions.

e-351. Its, Rudol'f Ferdinandovich. Kunstkamera. 3d ed. Leningrad: “Nauka”, 1989. 134 p. [AN SSSR; IE] “Turistu o Leningrade.” (Lib: DLC; IU; MH).
        2d ed.: Leningrad: Lenizdat, 1980. 135 p.
        1st ed.: Leningrad: Lenizdat, 1974. 114 p. (Lib: MH).

A popular guide describes the history of the museum and scholars who collected and studied its holdings.

e-352. Shafranovskaia, Tamara Konstantinovna. Muzei antropologii i etnografii Akademii nauk SSSR: Putevoditel' bez ekskursovoda. Edited by T.V. Staniukovich. Leningrad: “Nauka”, 1979. 123 p. (Lib: DLC; IU; MH).

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Series Publications

e-355. Sbornik Muzeia antropologii i etnografii. St. Petersburg, 1900–. 53 vols. published through 2007. (Lib: DLC; IU; MH) [IDC-1875 (to 1918)].

A major serial issued by the museum covering its scientific and museum activities.

e-356. Kunstkamera: Etnograficheskie tetradi. St. Petersburg, 1993–. Irregular. 13 issues through 2003 (some double issues). [RAN; MAE (Kunstkamera)] (Lib: DLC; IU; MH).

Museum series with extensive scholarly articles. Of special interest, the first issue contains a comprehensive bibliography of institute/museum publications (pp. 159–97). Issues 4 and 5/6 include a detailed study of political repression in the field of ethnography, and the fourth issue discusses the fate of the staff and collections during World War II. Issue no. 8/9 includes a history of the library (pp. 137–52).

e-357. Kur'er Petrovskoi Kunstkamery. St. Petersburg, 1995–. Irregular. 11 issues published through 2004 (some double issues). [RAN; MAE (Kunstkamera)] (Lib: DLC; MH).

A journal issued by the museum with articles about its history, collections, activities, expeditionary reports, and museum problems.

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History of MAE

e-359. Khartanovich, M.F.; and Khartanovich, M.V. Letopis' Kunstkamery. 1714–1836. Edited by I.K. Chistov and N.P. Kopaneva. St. Petersburg: MAE RAN, 2014. 740 p. [RAN; Kunstkamera/MAE].
Electronic edition: http://www.kunstkamera.ru/files/lib/9...

e-360. Kunstkamera: vchera, segodnia, zavtra. Edited by E.A. Okladnikova. 2 vols. St. Petersburg: Muzei, 1997. 211 p. 203 p. [MAE (Kunstkamera)] (Lib: DLC; MH).

A collection of articles about the different divisions of the museum, reflecting their holdings. See especially the article by A.M. Reshetov “Muzei antropologii i etnografii RAN v poslednei chetverti XIX–pervoi chetverti XX veka: Problemy sozdaniia i reorganizatsii,” pp. 9–44.

e-361. Staniukovich, Tat'iana Vladimirovna. “Muzei antropologii i etnografii za 250 let.” In 250 let Muzeia antropologii i etnografii im. Petra Velikogo: [Sbornik statei], edited by L.P. Potapov, pp. 5–150. Moscow/Leningrad: “Nauka”, 1964. (Lib: DLC; IU; MH).

The article describes the different stages in the history of the museum and the role of different scholars in its development.

e-362. Sobraniia Muzeia antropologii i etnografii AN SSSR: K 100-letiiu obrazovaniia pervogo akademicheskogo etnograficheskogo tsentra. Leningrad: “Nauka”, 1980. 230 p. [AN SSSR; IE] “Sbornik Muzeia antropologii i etnografii,” vol. 35. (Lib: DLC; IU; MH).

A collection of articles about the history of the museum and its collections.

e-363. Staniukovich, Tat'iana Vladimirovna. Muzei antropologii i etnografii im. Petra Velikogo, 1714–1964. Moscow: “Nauka”, 1964. 104 p. [AN SSSR; IE] (Lib: IU; MH).

e-364. 250 let Muzeia antropologii i etnografii im. Petra Velikogo: [Sbornik statei]. Edited by L.P. Potapov. Moscow/Leningrad: “Nauka”, 1964. 264 p. [AN SSSR; IE; MAE] “Sbornik Muzeia antropologii i etnografii,” vol. 22. (Lib: DLC; IU; MH).

See especially the article by T.V. Staniukovich, “Muzei antropologii i etnografii za 250 let” (e–361), which characterizes major stages of the history of the museum.

e-365. Staniukovich, Tat'iana Vladimirovna. Kunstkamera Peterburgskoi Akademii nauk. Edited by V.L. Chenakal. Moscow: Izd-vo AN SSSR, 1953. 239 p. [AN SSSR; IE] (Lib: IU; MH).

Provides a history of the museum and characterizes its collections from the eighteenth and early nineteenth century which were brought together from specialized academic museums.

e-366. Staniukovich, Tat'iana Vladimirovna. “Etnograficheskie muzei v period Velikoi Otechestvennoi voiny i v pervye poslevoennye gody.” Sovetskaia etnografiia, 1975, no. 5, pp. 63–70. (Lib: DLC; IU; MH).

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M.V. Lomonosov Museum

e-370. *Breneva, I.V.; and Moiseeva, T.M. Muzei M.V. Lomonosova: Putevoditel'. Edited by E.P. Karpeev. St. Petersburg: MAE RAN, 1995. 64 p. (Lib: DLC).

e-371. Muzei M.V. Lomonosova: Leningrad: [Putevoditel']. Compiled by V.L. Chenakal, R.B. Gorodinskaia, et al. 4th ed. Leningrad: “Nauka”, 1974. 71 p. (Lib: DLC; IU; MH).
        3d ED.: L. 1972. 71 p. + 9 plates. (Lib: DLC; MH)
        2d ED.: L. 1967. 75 p. + 9 plates. (Lib: MH)
        1st ED.: L. 1964. 74 p. + plates. (Lib: DLC; MH).

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Many of the personal papers held by the institute are listed in Spravochnik AN (1979), pp. 88—“89. For materials relating to Mongolian, Buriat, and Kalmyk peoples, see Materialy o mongolakh, kalmykakh i buriatakh v arkhivakh Leningrada: Istoriia, pravo, ekonomika by I.I. Iorish (1966) and Die Ethnohistorischen Archivdokumente zu den Kalmüken, Burjaten und Mongolen des Zentralstaatlichen Geschichtsarchives (CGIA) und des Institutsarchives für Ethnographie (AIE) in Leningrad/ Etnoistoricheskie dokumenty po kalmykam, buriatam i mongolam Tsentral'nogo Gosudarstvennogo Istoricheskogo Arkhiva (TsGIA) i Arkhiva Instituta Etnografii (AIE) v Leningrade by Dittmar von Schorkowitz (1988).
 

e-380. Lavrent'eva, Liudmila Sergeevna. “Katalog illiustrirovannykh kollektsii Otdela Evropy MAE.” In Iz kul'turnogo naslediia narodov Vostochnoi Evropy, pp. 180–206. St. Petersburg, 1992. (Lib: DLC; IU; MH).

A survey of the photograph collection of the European Division of the museum.

e-381. Bronnikova, Ol'ga Mikhailovna; and Vishnevetskaia, Valeriia Aleksandrovna. “Katalog kollektsii Otdela Srednei Azii i Kazakhstana MAE.” In Pamiatniki traditsionno-bytovoi kul'tury narodov Srednei Azii, Kazakhstana i Kavkaza, pp. 180–221. St. Petersburg, 1989. (Lib: DLC; IU; MH).

The catalogue includes materials on the ethnography of Central Asia and Kazakhstan.

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