A History of Scientific Archeological Research by the Imperial Archeological Commission in Samarkand
Keywords:
archaeological Comission, Samarkand, expeditions, cultural properties
Abstract
This research will consider: The beginning of the study of Central Asia by the Imperial Archaeological Commission, includes the expedition of P.Lerch to Yangikent, Turkestan, Shymkent, Tashkent, Khojand and Uratepa in Central Asia;The first scientific study of Afrosiab; N. Veselovsky's dispatch to Central Asia in 1885 the acquisition of the first scientific data on the ancient cities of Central Asia, in particular of Samarkand, and the accumulation of a large archaeological collection;organization of a scientific-architectural expedition to Samarkand under the leadership of N.Veselovsky to complete a systematic study of architectural monuments in 1895-1896 that resulted in, the publication of the album "Samarkand Mosques";the historical, archaeological, linguistic and ethnographic study of Turkestan; and excavations conductedby American scientists Rafael Pompelli and Hubert Schmidt near Gaur-Kala (the arch of the ancient city of Merv) and Annau under V.Barthold’s observation.
The Commission's efforts to address the problems of protection, study, and archeological research of monuments in the empire, including Samarkand show how the Commission shaped the standards for archaeology and the focus of research. This rich history presents the ways that the state affected public knowledge of the past.
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2. 1867. fund 1. file 8
3. 1883. fund 1, file 20
4. 1885. fund 1, file 20
5. 1895. fund 1, file 69 part II.
6. 1902. fund1, file 10
7. 1904. fund1, file 24
8. 1908. fund1, file 25
9. Abdurazzokov A. A., Bezborodov M. A.,Zadneprovsky Y. A.
10. 1963. Glass-making of Central Asia in antiquity and the Middle Ages.Tashkent 1963.
11. Aleskerov Yu.N. 1970. Ulugbek Observatory. Tashkent. Uzbekistan
12. Alimova D. 2000. The politics of despotic regime of sacking Uzbekistan’s national riches: witnessing of history and its lessons.(1865-1990 years) Tashkent, Uzbekistan.
13. Bartold V.V. 1922. Report on the trip to Turkestan // Russian Academy of History of Material
14. Culture. Volume 2. Moscow, Russia.
15. 1964. Ulugbek and his time. Composition. Volume II. 2-part. Moscow.
16. 1966a. Archaeological trip to Samarkand // Bartold V.V. Collected works. in 9 v. “Nauka”, Volume. IV. Moscow, Russia.
17. 1966b. Archaeological works in Samarkand in summer of 1924 // Bartold V.V. Collected works. in 9 v. “Nauka”, Volume. IV. Moscow, Russia.
18. 1966c. regarding archaeological work in Turkestan in 1924 // Bartold V.V. Collected works. In 9 v. “Nauka”, Volume. IV. Moscow, Russia.
19. 1966d. Report on a trip to Samarkand in the summer of 1904 sent by the Russian Committee, prof. V. V. Bartold. // Bartold V.V. Collected works.: in 9 v. “Nauka”, Volume. IV. Moscow, Russia.
20. 1966e. Works. Volume 4. Moscow, Russia.
21. 1977a. Immediate tasks of studying Turkestan // Bartold V.V. Collected works.: in 9 v. “Nauka”, Volume. IX. Moscow, Russia.
22. 1977b. In memory of V. A. Zhukovsky // Bartold V.V. Collected works.: in 9 v. “Nauka”,. Volume. IX. Moscow, Russia.
23. 1977c. Memories about S.M. Dudin // Bartold V.V. Collected works.: in 9 v. “Nauka”, Volume. IX. Moscow, Russia.
24. 1977d. N.I. Veselovsky as a Orientalist researcher and a historian of Russian science. // Bartold V.V. Collected works.: in 9 v. “Nauka”. Volume. IX. Moscow, Russia.
25. Bulatov M.S. 1986. Ulugbek Observatory in Samarkand // Historical and Astronomical Research. Issue. XVIII. Moscow, Russia.
26. Dlujnevskaya G. V. 1995. From the history of the formation of the fund of the photo archive of the Institute of the History of Material Culture of the Russian Academy of Sciences// № 3. Saint-Petersburg, Russia.
27. 1998. Photography - the memory of peoples. Materials of the photo archive of the Institute of the History of Material Culture of the Russian Academy of Sciences // Cultural Heritage of the Russian State. «Vesti». Saint-Petersburg, Russia.
28. 1999. Materials of Sergei Nikolaevich Zamyatnin in the photo archive of Institute of the History of Material Culture of the Russian Academy of Sciences // Local differences in the Stone Age. Int. conf., dedicated. 100th anniversary of Sergei Nikolaevich Zamyatnin. Saint-Petersburg, Russia.
29. 2003. The first heads of the photo archive of the Institute for the History of Material Culture of the Russian Academy of Sciences // АВ. № 10. Saint-Petersburg, Russia.
30. 2006. The Muslim world of the Russian Empire in old photographs. Based on materials from the photo department of the Scientific Archive of the Institute for the History of Material Culture of Russian Academy of Sciences. Saint-Petersburg, Russia.
31. 2007. Photographers of the Imperial Archaeological Commission. Saint-Petersburg. Russia.
32. 2010.Uzbekistan in the second half of the 19th century (in the materials of the photo archive of the Institute of the History of Material Culture of the Russian Academy of Sciences) // Bulletin. No. 1. Materials of the conf. "Russia and Central Asia in the context of historical interaction". May 21-22, 2010: Bank of cultural information. Yekaterinburg, Russia.
33. 2011. Archeological Research in Central Asia in Siberia in 1859-1959 years (According to the documents of Scientoficarchive of the Institute of Material Culture under Russian Academy of Science) Saint-Petersburg, Russia.
34. Dobrosmislov A. I. 1911. Tashkent in the past and present. Edition 2, Tashkent. Uzbekistan.
35. Inostrantsev K. 1907. Turkestan ossuaries and astodans. Notes of the eastern department of the imperial Russian Archaeological Society, volume 17, St. Petersburg. Russia.
36. 2020. Cultural heritage of Uzbekistan in world collections. The collection of the state Hermitage.part 1,2. St.Petersburg-Tashkent Lunin B. V.
37. 1958. From the history of Russian Oriental studies and archeology in Turkistan. Amateur Archeological society of Turkistan (1895-1917) Tashkent. Uzbekistan.
38. Nosov E.N. 2009. Imperial Archeological Committee (1859–1917): To the 150th anniversary of its foundation. At the origins of domestic archeology and the protection of cultural heritage / Scientific. Ed.-comp. A. E. Musin. Ed. E.N. Nosova. - S DMITRY BULANIN. St. Petersburg, Russia.
39. Moscow statements. 1899. Number 58, Moscow, Russia.
40. Mosques of Samarkand. Album of architectural drawings and drawings. Issue I. Gur-Emir Mosque. 1905, St. Petersburg, Russia.
41. Newspaper “New Time”. 1883, Number 274, St. Petersburg, Russia.
42. Newspaper “Russia” 1909, Number 985. St. Petersburg, Russia.
43. Newspaper “Son of Fatherland”. 1883, Number 288, St. Petersburg, Russia.
44. Order on the military-people’s administration of the Turkestan general-governorship on December 13, 1882 № 312 (on the abolition of the Tashkent Public Library and on the transfer of scientific books and books on Central Asia to the Tashkent Museum). Newspaper Turkistan News. Number 50, 1882. Tashkent. Uzbekistan.
45. Petersburg newspaper. 1899, Number 55, St. Petersburg, Russia.
46. Reports of Imperial Archeological Committee 1904. Issue 9, St. Petersburg, Russia.
47. Reports of Imperial Archeological Committee 1906. Issue 13, St. Petersburg, Russia.
48. Reports of the Russian Committee 1903. Number 1. St. Petersburg, Russia.
49. Reports of the Russian Committee 1907. Number 7. St. Petersburg, Russia.
50. Reports of the Russian Committee 1903. Number 1. St. Petersburg, Russia.
51. Tursunov O.S. 2002. Astronomical instruments at the Ulugbek observatory. // Journal of Nature. No. 2, Tashkent. Uzbekistan.
52. Shishkin V. A. 1969. To the history of archeological research of Samarkand and surroundings //Afrasiab. Edition 1, Tashkent, Uzbekistan.
53. Yakubovskiy A. Yu. 1940. from the history of archeological research of Samarkand. Works of Eastern Department, Volume 2, Leningrad. Russia.
54. Zhitomirsky S. 1995. Samarkand Observatory - the great brainchild of Ulugbek. // Science and life. No. 3, Tashkent. Uzbekistan.
Published
2022-06-25
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Yunusov, M. and Iriskulov, O. 2022. A History of Scientific Archeological Research by the Imperial Archeological Commission in Samarkand. International Journal on Integrated Education. 5, 6 (Jun. 2022), 504-520. DOI:https://doi.org/10.17605/ijie.v5i6.3282.
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