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Gosudarstvennyi muzei Vostoka (GMV)


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Archives of Russia (2000), pp. 895-97; Arkhivy Rossii (1997), pp. 681-83; Khudozh. muzei (1999), pp. 109-11; Muzei Moskvy (1997), pp. 98-100; GAF Spravochnik (1991), pp. 55-56.


There is no published guide to the archival materials in the museum.
 

Category:
Museum History


h-480. Rumiantseva, Ol'ga Vladimirovna. Gosudarstvennyi muzei Vostoka: Kratkii obzor kollektsii. Edited by A.I. Voeikov. Moscow: “Izobrazitel'noe iskusstvo”, 1993. 224 p. + 120 plates. (Lib: MH).
        1st ed.: Rumiantseva, Ol'ga Vladimirovna. Gosudarstvennyi muzei iskusstva narodov Vostoka: Kratkii obzor kollektsii. Moscow, 1982. 220 p. + 12 plates. (Lib: MH).
        Earlier version: Gosudarstvennyi muzei iskusstva narodov Vostoka: Putevoditel'. Compiled by O.V. Rumiantseva. Edited by T.Kostenko. Moscow: “Reklama,” 1970. 48 p.

A heavily illustrated tourist guide, surveying the museum collections, with separate sections for the Soviet Caucasus and Central Asia, as well as foreign countries in Asia and Africa. Mentions some of the illuminated Oriental manuscripts, but only those actually on exhibit. A special chapter covers the Roerich (Rerikh) collection and memorial cabinet.

h-481. Gosudarstvennyi muzei iskusstva narodov Vostoka, Moskva: [Al'bom]. Compiled by N.P. Chuikina, N.A. Kanevskaia, M.B. Miasina, et al. Leningrad: “Avrora”, 1988. 232 p. Introduction by N.S. Sycheva. (Lib: IU; MH).

An elaborate, large-format album of illustrations from the museum collections. A brief introduction (pp. 6–27) provides an essay on Oriental studies in the USSR and the formation of the museum collections. Annotations for many of the reproductions indicate the source of acquisition.

h-481.1. The Museum of Oriental Art, Moscow. Compiled by N.P. Chuikina, E. Ganevskaia, et al. Leningrad: “Avrora”, 1988. 230 p. Introduction by Natalia Sycheva. (Lib: MH).

An English translation of h–481.

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h-484. *Voitov, V.E. Materialy po istorii Gosudarstvennogo muzeia Vostoka: Liudi. Veshchi. Dela. 2 vols. Moscow: “Skanrus”–GMV, 2003–2006. [GMV] (Lib: DLC).
        Vol. 1: 1918–1950. Edited by V.A. Nabatchikov. 2003. 494 p. + [16] ill.
        Vol. 2: 1951–1970. Edited by G.P. Popov. 2006. 638 p. + [16] ill.

Detailed well illustrated monograph on history of the Museum from 1918.

h-485. Ryzhnikova, I.I. “K istorii Gosudarstvennogo muzeia iskusstva narodov Vostoka.” Gosudarstvennyi muzei iskusstva narodov Vostoka: Nauchnye soobshcheniia 19 (1988), pp. 193–204.

h-486. Shadrina, I.O. “Iz istorii Gosudarstvennogo muzeia iskusstva narodov Vostoka (Po materialam arkhiva muzeia).” Vestnik muzeinoi komissii, 1990, no. 1, pp. 80–89.

h-487. Iampol'skaia, N.M. “50 let Gosudarstvennomu muzeiu iskusstva narodov Vostoka.” Narody Azii i Afriki, 1968, no. 6, pp. 219–22. (Lib: DLC; IU; MH).

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h-489. Strelkova, Vera Evgen'evna. “Istoriia sozdaniia Gosudarstvennogo muzeia Vostoka: Zhizn' muzeia v 1918–1941 gg.: Diplomnaia rabota.” Moscow: RGGU, 1994. 123 p. Typescript.

A senior thesis at IAI RGGU, available for consultation in the RGGU library.

h-490. Ryzhnikova, I.I. “Obzor-putevoditel' dokumentov fonda GMINV (1919–1985 gg.): Diplomnaia rabota.” Moscow, 1988. 115 p. Typescript. [MGIAI].

A survey done as a senior thesis at MGIAI (now IAI RGGU), available in the RGGU library.

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h-494. Shadrina, I.O. “Dokumenty arkhiva GMINV po istorii muzeia za 1919–1924 gg.” Gosudarstvennyi muzei iskusstva narodov Vostoka: Nauchnye soobshcheniia 18 (1987), pp. 147–64. (Lib: DLC).

Surveys the nature and content of the archival documents on the history of the museum.

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