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ArcheoBiblioBase: Archives in Russia: H-49Last update of repository: 17 March 2020Gosudarstvennyi nauchno-issledovatel'skii muzei arkhitektury im. A.V. Shchuseva (GNIMA)Fotofond [Photograph Fond] Telephone: +7 495 691-36-49 Opening hours: Tu 11:00–18:00Head of the Sector of Catalogue of Photographic Records: Mariia Georgievna Rogozina Head of the Sector of Unique Photographs: Viacheslav Leont'evich Nechaev Holdings Total: over 500,000 units; late 19th c.–to present The Photograph Archive contains one of the largest collections in the country of photographic material pertaining to architecture and city planning, including negatives and photographic prints prepared by well-known architects and architectural researchers. The collection includes the unique glass negatives (2,717 images) that were made in the late nineteenth century (1882–1886) for the Moscow Archeological Society by one of the first Russian photographers, I.F. Barshchevskii. The archive also possesses the work of two other famous photographers—B.I. Dunaev and N.I. Ushakov. Of particular value are the prints and negatives taken from environmental studies and technical surveys of monuments prepared during museum expeditions in the North, the Moscow region and the Volga region. These include photographs of the Trinity-St. Makarius Monastery in Kaliazin, which now lies under water after the building of the Moscow Reservoir. The museum continually prepares special photographic records (fiksatsionnaia s"emka) of architectural monuments throughout the country, such as those in the process of construction, reconstruction, or restoration. The museum possesses a collection of photograph albums with pictures of architectural monuments acquired from various sources. Working conditions: Materials from the photographic print collection and photograph albums should be requested on call slips submitted to the photographic catalogue consultant on duty. Reference facilities: There is a subject catalogue of photographs, containing cards with sample photographic prints affixed. The Barshchevskii Collection is available on a separate indexed CD-ROM (h–468). |
