Materials on the History of Russian Archaeology in the Collection of the Department of Written Sources of the State Historical Museum

One of the largest collections of documents on the history of Russian archaeology is deposited at the Department of Written Sources of the State Historical Museum. It is represented by personal archives of archaeologists, archives of different scientifi c organizations and societies, personal archives of various persons (historians, museum workers, local historians, public fi gures, etc.), which include documents related to archaeology. The study degree of each of these complexes varies. The article provides an overview of archives that have not yet been suffi ciently introduced into scientifi c discourse, and a bibliography of those collections of the Department of Written Sources of the State Historical Museum, which contain materials on the history of Russian archaeology of the 19th-20th centuries.