Journal of Siberian Federal University. Humanities & Social Sciences / «America Doesn’t Know Siberia»: From the History of Soviet-American Scientific Communications on the Archeology of Siberia in the 1920–1930-s

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Journal of Siberian Federal University. Humanities & Social Sciences. 2024 17 (9)
Authors
Kuzminykh, Sergei V.; Vdovin, Aleksandr S.; Maizik, Elena I.
Contact information
Kuzminykh, Sergei V.: Institute of Archeology RAS Moscow, Russian Federation; ; Vdovin, Aleksandr S.: Krasnoyarsk Museum of Local Lore Krasnoyarsk, Russian Federation; ; Maizik, Elena I.: Krasnoyarsk Museum of Local Lore Krasnoyarsk, Russian Federation;
Keywords
archeology; scientific relations; American; Siberia
Abstract

The article examines international scientific relations on issues of archeology of Siberia between Soviet and American researchers in the 1920–1930s. The authors noted previous, pre-revolutionary contacts, outlined the breadth of connections, identified their goals and determined their forms. The relations between scientists of the two countries during a difficult international situation are shown with the help of archival materials and epistolary heritage. The scientific interest of archaeologists in Siberia is substantiated. Local archaeological discoveries in those years were not inferior in importance to both central and foreign ones. In such a short period of Soviet-American communications on issues of archeology in Siberia, a whole network of connections fit in. Contacts between scientists were interrupted after «The Iron Curtain» came

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1616–1627
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AUNVQA
Paper at repository of SibFU
https://elib.sfu-kras.ru/handle/2311/153753

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