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Gosudarstvennyi istoriko-kul'turnyi muzei-zapovednik “Moskovskii Kreml'”

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Archives of Russia (2000), pp. 853-58; Arkhivy Rossii (1997), pp. 646-50; Khudozh. muzei (1999), p. 109; GAF Spravochnik (1991), pp. 17-21; Muzei Moskvy (1997), pp. 6-17.

h-270. * Moskovskii Kreml': Putevoditel'. Compiled by R.S. Kostikova, I.A. Rodimtseva and N.S. Vladimirskaia. Moscow: GIKMZ “Moskovskii Kreml'”, 1998. 127 p. + ill.
        English ed.: The Moscow Kremlin. A Guide. Moscow, 1999. 127 p. + ill.

h-271. * Moskovskii Kreml': Kratkii putevoditel'. Compiled by E. Garanina. Moscow: Gosudarstvennyi istoriko-kul'turnyi muzei-zapovednik “Moskovskii Kreml'”, 2000.
        English ed.: Moscow Kremlin. A Short Guide. Moscow, 2000.

h-272. Zakharov, N.N. “Iz istorii Gosudarstvennykh muzeev Moskovskogo Kremlia.” In Gosudarstvennye muzei Moskovskogo Kremlia: Materialy i issledovaniia 1, pp. 9–33. Moscow, 1973.

A survey of the Kremlin museums after 1917 and their collections. Includes bibliography.

h-273. * Oruzheinaia palata: Putevoditel'. Compiled by V.S. Goncharenko and V.I. Narozhnaia. Moscow: “Krasnaia ploshchad'”, 1998. 288 p. + ill.
        The Armoury. A Guide. 2000. 288 p.
        Palais des Armures. Guide. Moscow: Maison d"edition “La Place Rouge,” 1995. 288 p.
        Die Rustkammer. Kunstfuhrer. Moscow: Verlag “Rote Platz,” 1995. 288 p.

h-274. Gosudarstvennaia Oruzheinaia palata Moskovskogo Kremlia: Sbornik nauchnykh trudov po materialam Gosudarstvennoi Oruzheinoi palaty. Edited by S.K. Bogoiavlenskii and G.A. Novitskii. Moscow: “Iskusstvo”, 1954. vii, 578 p. + 38 plates. (Lib: DDO; DLC; IU).

The collection includes an article by G.A. Malitskii on the history of the Armory, “K istorii Oruzheinoi palaty Moskovskogo Kremlia” (pp. 507–60), and another by N.E. Mnevaia on the icon painters who worked in the Armory and on the ornamentation of manuscripts and manuscript books (pp. 217–46).

h-275. Smirnova, E.I. “Oruzheinaia palata posle Oktiabria (1917–1924 gg.).” In Kuranty: Istoriko-kul'turnyi al'manakh, pp. 280–86. Moscow: “Moskovskii rabochii”, 1983. (Lib: DLC; MH).

A history of the organization of the museum and its fonds after 1917.

h-276. Zaks, A.B. “K istorii Gosudarstvennoi Oruzheinoi palaty (1917–1956 gg.).” In Ocherki po istorii muzeinogo dela v SSSR 6, edited by I.P. Ivanitskii, D.A. Ravikovich, A.B. Zaks, et al, pp. 171–89. Moscow, 1968.

Written on the basis of archival sources, the article is largely devoted to the history of the founding of the museum and the reorganization of its exhibits, but there is also information on the formation of the collections, and a detailed bibliography.

h-277. Vysotskii, N.G. Iz istorii Oruzheinoi palaty: (Russkii arkhiv 1915 goda). Moscow: Sinodal'naia tip. 1916. 28 p.

The early development of the Armory as a museum is revealed from documents in the archive of the Senate.

h-278. Arsen'ev, Iu. “Istoricheskii ocherk Moskovskoi Oruzheinoi palaty.” Khudozhestvennye sokrovishcha Rossii, 1902, no. 9—“10, pp. 211–17. (Lib: DLC; IU).

The entire issue of the journal is devoted to the history and exhibits of the Armory.

h-279. Boguslavskii, Gustav Aleksandrovich. “Iz istorii arkhiva Oruzheinoi palaty.” Istoricheskii arkhiv, 1959, no. 2, pp. 215–25. (Lib: DLC; IU; MH) [IDC-in R-11,050].

Describes the history of the Armory archive now in RGADA (B–2) with extensive bibliography.

h-280. Bogatskaia, Irina Andreevna. Moskovskii Kreml' i ego okrestnosti: Istoriia, drevnosti, relikvii: Akvareli i litografii XIX stoletiia. Paris: Izd-vo Alen de Gurkiuf, 1994. 153 p. + plates. Preface by I.A. Rodimtseva.

An album with reproductions of prerevolutionary watercolors and engravings drawn from the museum collections.

h-281. Moskovskii Kreml': Ukazatel' literatury (1723–1987). Compiled by O.A. Semianovskaia, O.A. Tsapina, T.B. Vlasov, et al. Edited by A.A. Klimenko, E.S. Krasovskaia, N.S. Vladimirskaia, et al. 2 vols. Moscow, 1989–1998. [Ministerstvo kul'tury SSSR/Ministerstvo kul'tury RF; Gosudarstvennye muzei Moskovskogo Kremlia/Gosudarstvennyi istoriko-kul'turnyi muzei-zapovednik “Moskovskii Kreml'”; Tsentral'naia gorodskaia publichnaia biblioteka imeni N.A. Nekrasova] (Lib: DDO; DLC; MH).
        Vol. 1: Moskovskiii Kreml' s drevneiishikh vremen do nashikh dneii. Moscow: Tip. VASKhNIL, 1989. 143 p. + 6 plates.
        Vol. 2: Moskovskii Kreml' — unikal'noe sobranie pamiatnikov istorii i kul'tury. Moscow, 1998. 231 p.

An extensive bibliography, including prerevolutionary literature, about the Kremlin and its collections. The first part covers imprints regarding the Kremlin as a whole, while the second part lists coverage of separate monuments and museum collections. Includes many related archival inventories and documentary publications.

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h-282. Bogatskaia, I.A. “Russie drevnosti” v proizvedeniiakh grafiki pervoi poloviny XIX veka: Katalog sobraniia: Vol. 1. Moscow, 2015. 424 p. [Gosudarstvennyi istoriko-kul'turnyi muzei-zapovednik “Moskovskii Kreml'”].
Electronic edition: https://www.kreml.ru/about-museums/pu...(brief annotation)

h-282A. Tikhomirova, A.B. Arkhitekturnaia grafika. Plany Moskovskogo Kremlia i kremlevskikh sadov. Chertezhi sten, bashen i sadovykh postroek: Katalog sobraniia/Architectural graphics: plans of the Moscow Kremlin and the Kremlin gardens, drawings of walls, towers and garden structures. Moscow: Izd-vo “Poliform”, 2012. 376 p. + ill. In Russian; summary in English. [Gosudarstvennyi istoriko-kul'turnyi muzei-zapovednik “Moskovskii Kreml'”] (Lib: MH).
Electronic edition: http://www.kreml.ru/about-museums/pub... (brief annotation)

h-283. Postnikova-Loseva, M.M.; and Protas'eva, Tat'iana Nikolaevna. “Litsevoe Evangelie Uspenskogo sobora kak pamiatnik drevnerusskogo iskusstva pervoi treti XV v.” In Drevnerusskoe iskusstvo XV–nachala XVI vv. 1, edited by V.V. Kostochkin, V.N. Lazarev and O.I. Podobedova, pp. 133–72. Moscow: Izd-vo AN SSSR, 1963. (Lib: IU; MH).

A description of the Morozov Gospel.

h-284. *Pavlovich, M.K. “Fond D.I. Uspenskogo v Otdele rukopisnykh, pechatnykh i graficheskikh fondov Muzeev Kremlia.” In Problemy izucheniia pamiatnikov dukhovnoi i material'noi kul'tury: Materialy nauchnoi konferentsii (Moskva, 1989 g.). 1, pp. 151–58. Moscow, 1992.

h-285. Belanskaia, K.P. “Dvortsovye muzei i khranilishcha XVIII–pervoi poloviny XIX vv.” In Ocherki istorii muzeinogo dela v SSSR 3, edited by I.P. Ravikovich and A.B. Zaks, pp. 300–64. Moscow: “Sovetskaia Rossiia”, 1961.

Recounts the early history of three major museum collections—the Hermitage, the Tsarskoe Selo Arsenal, and the Armory.

h-286. *Panova, T.D. Nekropoli Moskovskogo Kremlia. Moscow: Gosudarstvennyi istoriko-kul'turnyi muzei-zapovednik “Moskovskii Kreml'”, 2002.

h-287. Tutova, Tat'iana Alekseevna. “Iz istorii arkhiva Solovetskogo monastyria.” Arkheograficheskii ezhegodnik za 1983 god (1985), pp. 58–67. Part 2: AE za 1984 god (1986), pp. 116–27. (Lib: DLC; IU; MH).

h-288. Tutova, Tat'iana Alekseevna. “Kollektsiia gramot iz riznitsy Solovetskogo monastyria: K istorii dokumental'nogo kompleksa.” In Rossiia v X–XVIII vv.: Problemy istorii i istochnikovedeniia: Tezisy dokladov 2, pp. 596–600. (Lib: DLC; MH).

h-289. Popov, Gennadii Viktorovich. “Ornamentatsiia rukopisi 1499 g. iz Moskovskogo Uspenskogo sobora.” In Drevnerusskoe iskusstvo. Rukopisnaia kniga: Sbornik statei [1], edited by O.I. Podobedova and G.V. Popov, pp. 226–45. Moscow: “Nauka”, 1972. (Lib: DLC; IU; MH).

Describes the ornamentation on the Gospel of Metropolitan Simon from the State Armory.

h-290. Pisarskaia, Liudmila Vasil'evna; and Ukhova, T. Litsevaia rukopis' Uspenskogo sobora: Evangelie nachala XV v. iz Uspenskogo sobora Moskovskogo Kremlia/Manuscript from the Dormition Cathedral: Early 15th century Gospel from the Dormition Cathedral in the Moscow Kremlin. Leningrad: “Avrora”, 1969. 40 p. + plates. “Publikatsiia odnogo pamiatnika,” vol. 2. (Lib: DDO; DLC; IU; MH).
Text in Russian with English summary.

The album describes the early fifteenth-century illuminated Morozov Gospel from the Kremlin Cathedral of the Dormition, with its particularly valuable framed binding.