Pages:  175-192 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.55086/sp252175192

The article publishes five surviving letters from the founder of the Kherson Archaeological Museum, V. I. Goshkevich, to the chairperson of the Moscow Archaeological Society, Countess P. S. Uvarova. It was possible to establish that Goshkevich contacted the MAS with a proposal to participate in compiling an archaeological map back in 1889. At that time, the MAS had the mapping of the sites as its priority, and these issues were systematically developed at archaeological congresses. Goshkevich later sent Uvarova the initial version of his map of the Kherson province. However, the work was not published; one of the planned five volumes appeared in print, in a significantly expanded form, as late as 1951, thanks to long and zealous efforts by I. V. Fabricius on this project. The letters also discuss Goshkevich’s excavations; Uvarova’s recommendations for electing the scientist as a member of the MAS; and the fate of I. K. Suruchan’s collection.

Keywords: V. I. Goshkevich, P. S. Uvarova, Kherson Museum, history of archaeology, correspondence, archaeological map

Information about authors:

Valerij Saenko (Tokmak, Ukraine). Candidate of Historical Sciences. Archaeological group of the Tokmak Museum. Central St., 29, Tokmak, Zaporizhia Oblast, 71700, Ukraine
E-mail: [email protected]
ORCID: 0000-0002-9837-0733

Irina Belozerova (Moscow, Russian Federation). State Historical Museum. Red Square, 1, Moscow, 109012, Russian Federation
E-mail: [email protected]
ORCID: 0000-0003-1669-0678

Sergei Kuzminykh (Moscow, Russian Federation). Candidate of Historical Sciences. Institute of Archaeology of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Dmitry Ulyanov St., 19, Moscow, 117036, Russian Federation
E-mail: [email protected]
ORCID: 0000-0002-3926-2185