Institute of Russian Archeology. Science and Life at the Institute of Wound Archeology

It is symbolic and significant that commenting on the main achievements of the Russian Academy of Sciences in 2017 in the field of humanitarian knowledge, final press conference In the MIA "Russia Today", Academician Nikolai Makarov, Director of the Institute of Archeology of the Russian Academy of Sciences (IA RAS), in the field of archeology, noted the excavations in the Crimea on the Tavrida highway connecting the Crimean bridge, Kerch, Simferopol and Sevastopol:

“A continuous archaeological section, 300 kilometers of road, 80 archaeological sites, tens of thousands of finds from different periods - from the Paleolithic to Russian postal stations of the 19th century and firing positions of the last war. All this is researched, documented, nothing is lost. This is also the result of the coordination of the academy, which has pulled up our best institutes - the Institute of Archeology, the Institute of the History of Material Culture in St. Petersburg, the Institute of Archeology of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences and the Institute of Archeology of Crimea, which is also now under the umbrella of the Russian Academy of Sciences.

Indicative is the recognition that the Moscow Institute is on a par with (and, in the opinion of many critics of modern state archeology, even inferior to) St. Petersburg and Novosibirsk, although it is a leader in terms of status.

It is symbolic - that the Crimea, "Tavrida". Reunification with Russia, the return of sacred Korsun are the main spiritual bonds at the forefront of state national policy. How is it without state archeology?

“Speaking in the most general form, archeology helped to prove and propagate the materialistic understanding of history,” they wrote in the journal Russian Archeology in polemical notes"On the current state of archeology in Russia" Valery Gulyaev and Leonid Belyaev. Yes, they wrote in 1995, yes, they evaluated Soviet archeology, but compare for yourself:

“... during these years, the position of archeology, - in any case, its social position, - was quite prosperous. First, archeology was officially included in the system of social, historical sciences, designed to serve as the basis of the Soviet (“Marxist”) ideology. This provided our science with the support of the state, although it imposed on it, as well as on all public knowledge, certain obligations in relation to its ideological needs.

By the way, Valery Gulyaev was (1994-2002), and Leonid Belyaev is now the editor-in-chief of the Russian Archeology journal. Again - by status - the main, but in fact, the leading Russian-language archaeological journal - "Stratum plus. Archeology and Cultural Anthropology" is published in ... Chisinau.

And if they started talking about the status of the Russian Archeology journal, then the most impressive example, of course, is the story of Alexander Formozov, the founder of the historiography of Russian archeology.

In "Man and Science. Notes of an Archaeologist" (2005), which became a kind of testament to the scientist, showed "the ugly conditions in which archeology developed in the Soviet period, contained a cruel criticism of the negative phenomena in science that had arisen earlier and still exist." Rossiyskaya Archeologiya responded with “a whole volley of articles with rebuttals – five in one issue (“Russian Archeology”, 2006, No. 3)! Moreover, the magazine deliberately announced that Formozov’s answer would not be published. ”

Our introductory part about “science” at the Institute of Archeology of the Russian Academy of Sciences will be completed by the summary of the historian and archaeologist Lev Klein:

“If we take field archeology, then, given the rapid quantitative growth, it looks like the crisis has been overcome, and this is supported by the growth of regional centers. But if we turn to other indicators (the level of scientific research, the development of methods, the functioning of relations, the training of personnel, and most importantly, the existence of scientific schools and traditions), then we can conclude that after perestroika, Russian archeology is slipping into the deepest crisis in its entire history. associated with the general decay of the fundamental sciences in Russia.

About life"

Again, first the official version:

“According to the current legislation in Russia, before any major construction on the territory of archaeological sites, rescue archaeological work is carried out. The purpose of these works is to extract information from all cultural layers, completely remove all the finds, subsequently transfer them to museums and obtain the most complete information about the life of the society that left this monument. Since as a result of construction all cultural layers are completely destroyed and as a result all the priceless information contained in them will be inaccessible for study, it will completely disappear. I must say that Russian legislation is one of the most progressive in the protection of monuments, in terms of the study of archaeological sites - this is very progressive legislation" - reveals the theory Asya Viktorovna Engovatova, Head of the Security Excavation Department of the Institute of Archeology of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Candidate of Historical Sciences.

And there is not a single signature of employees in any document.Institute of Archeology of the Russian Academy of Sciences, glorious successors of the causeInstitute of Archeology of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR.

“The remains of about a thousand people were discovered by Volokolamsk, Ruz and Moscow search engines near the village of Tablovo (Ruzsky district). Most of those found in the execution pit were shot in the head. Characteristic handwriting - a bullet pierced through the head from temple to temple. The main version of the search engines consider the execution of women and children by the Nazis. Recently, a forensic expert from Moscow came to this place at the invitation of diggers. After examining the remains, the man made an unequivocal conclusion: the bones belong to people who were killed at least 30 years ago, but not more than a hundred.

Eduard Baidakov, head of the Ruzian search detachment Nadezhda, told Interfax-Russia.ru that ““I found in the archive a document stating that in 1965, when preparations were made for filling the water area of the reservoir with water, the Ruza District Council of Deputies decided to rebury the cemetery of the village of Volynshchina, which had just been flooded. The decree did not indicate where exactly he would be transferred, it is quite possible that the search parties stumbled upon him.”

The administration of the rural settlement of Volkovskoye, where the search teams received permission to conduct search work, also cannot give an unambiguous answer to the question of what kind of burial was found near the village of Tablovo.

“My opinion is that these graves do not need to be dug up at all. People are already lying in the ground, is there any point in stirring up their bones? Carry them around. I understand that if a fighter was found in a trench, he should be buried in a mass grave. But there is already a grave, why dig it up. Wouldn't it be better to invite a priest, put up a memorial cross and let people rest in peace,” Igor Piskun, the first deputy head of the Volkovskoye rural settlement, told Interfax-Russia.ru.

And finally, the publication “Not a place of execution, but an ancient cemetery” from the website of the Russeland search squad:

“The head of the Volkovsky settlement, Vladimir Pinte, turned to the Institute of Archeology of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Oleg Dvurechensky, Candidate of Historical Sciences, was sent to the excavation site. As the examination showed, the search engines affected the cultural layer of the earth, which is of archaeological value. According to written documents of the 17th century, the Dubrovka churchyard was located here. There was a Church of the Resurrection of Christ and a cemetery. The burials date back to the 15th-17th centuries. Employees of the institute asked to take measures to stop the excavations and to reclaim the territory.”

Letter on company letterhead, signed by Mr. Director of the IA RAS A.V. Engovatova.

To be continued.

The Institute of Archeology of the Russian Academy of Sciences is one of the leading archaeological institutions in Russia, specializing in the study of ancient and medieval cultures of Eurasia, material remains of the distant past. Through the work of several generations of its employees, the foundations of scientific knowledge about many of the most important phenomena in the history of mankind from the moment of its formation to the beginning of the era of industrialization were laid. Within the walls of the Institute, outstanding research was carried out, which rightfully secured its place as one of the leaders in the development of fundamental problems of archeology.

The history of the Institute of Archeology is usually counted from April 19, 1919, when the Russian Academy of the History of Material Culture (RAIMK) was established in Petrograd by a decree of the Council of People's Commissars. But it has deeper roots: after all, RAIMK was created on the basis of the abolished Imperial Archaeological Commission - the central archaeological organization of pre-revolutionary Russia, which was in charge of issuing open sheets for excavations and collecting scientific reports on their results. In 1926 RAIMK was reorganized into the State Academy of the History of Material Culture, which in 1937 became part of the USSR Academy of Sciences as the Institute of the History of Material Culture (IIMK). The institute was located in Leningrad, and a small branch of it, MOIIMK, was created in Moscow. In 1943, the directorate of IIMK was transferred from Leningrad to Moscow. On January 9, 1945, the Moscow part of the IIMK was made the main archaeological institution of the Academy by the decision of the Presidium of the Russian Academy of Sciences, and the Leningrad part was made its branch. By the Decree of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR of September 4, 1957, the IIMK was renamed the Institute of Archeology of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR. In 1991, the Leningrad Branch (LOIA) was transformed into an independent Institute of the History of Material Culture. Thus, the Institute of Archeology, as well as the IIMK RAS, having gone through a chain of transformations, remain the heirs of the oldest archaeological organization established in Russia in 1859 to study and preserve ancient monuments.

Today the Institute of Archeology is the largest archaeological institution of the Russian Academy. It employs about 220 employees, including 6 Corresponding Members of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 45 Doctors and 80 Candidates of Sciences. The research team includes highly qualified specialists in various fields of archeology and history, as well as anthropologists, paleobotanists, and paleozoologists.

The main directions of scientific activity of the Institute:

the problem of the settlement of the most ancient human groups and the development of the territory of Eurasia by man;
the development of primitive societies and the formation of ancient civilizations. Ancient history of material and spiritual culture;
origins of modern civilization technologies: complex producing economy;
the population of the Eurasian steppes and the surrounding world in the 1st millennium BC. - I millennium AD;
centers of ancient civilization in the system of Eurasian cultures;
medieval settlement and ethno-cultural processes in Eastern Europe, Slavic antiquities;
ancient Russia: society, culture, problems of urbanization;
archeology of medieval Moscow;
cultures of the Eurasian steppe zone in the Middle Ages;
problems of theory and methodology in archaeological research;
historical dynamics of adaptive processes of human populations;
radiocarbon dating and dendroscales as the basis of the chronology of ancient cultures;
regulation of field work in Russia and control over the methodology;
preservation of the archaeological heritage: practice and theory;
drawing up an archaeological map of Russia.

THE INSTITUTE OF ARCHEOLOGY OF THE RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES is a leading scientific center for the study of archeology.

1859 - the Russian Imperial Archaeological Commission was established;
1919 - the functions of the Archaeological Commission were transferred to the newly established Russian Academy of the History of Material Culture (RAIMK);
1926 - RAIMK was reorganized into the State Academy of the History of Material Culture (GAIMK);
1937 - GAIMK joined the USSR Academy of Sciences as the Institute of the History of Material Culture (IIMK);
1943 - The Institute was transferred to Moscow, its Department (LOIIMK) remained in Leningrad;
1957 - IIMK was renamed the Institute of Archeology (IA) of the USSR Academy of Sciences (since 1991 - RAS);
1991 - on the basis of the Leningrad Branch (LOIA) a separate Institute for the History of Material Culture was established.

The history of the Institute of Archeology is usually counted from April 19, 1919, when the Russian Academy of the History of Material Culture (RAIMK) was established in Petrograd by decree of the Council of People's Commissars. But it has deeper roots: after all, RAIMK was created on the basis of the abolished Imperial Archaeological Commission - the central archaeological organization of pre-revolutionary Russia, which was in charge of issuing open sheets for excavations and collecting scientific reports on their results. In 1926, RAIMK was reorganized into the State Academy of the History of Material Culture, which in 1937 became part of the USSR Academy of Sciences as the Institute of the History of Material Culture (IIMK). The institute was located in Leningrad, and a small branch of it, MOIIMK, was created in Moscow. In 1943, the directorate of IIMK was transferred from Leningrad to Moscow. On January 9, 1945, the Moscow part of the IIMK was made the main archaeological institution of the Academy by the decision of the Presidium of the Russian Academy of Sciences, and the Leningrad part was made its branch. By the Decree of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR of September 4, 1957, the IIMK was renamed the Institute of Archeology of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR. In 1991, the Leningrad Branch (LOIA) was transformed into an independent Institute of the History of Material Culture. Thus, the Institute of Archeology, as well as the IIMK RAS, having gone through a chain of transformations, remain the heirs of the oldest archaeological organization established in Russia in 1859 to study and preserve ancient monuments.

The Institute of the History of Material Culture, later the Institute of Archeology, was headed by Academician B.D. Grekov (1943-1946), corresponding member of the Russian Academy of Sciences A.D. Udaltsov (1946-1956), Academician B.A. Rybakov (1956-1987), Academician V.P. Alekseev (1987-1991), corresponding member of the Russian Academy of Sciences R.M. Munchaev (1991-2003). In 2003, Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences N.A. Makarov.

The basis of the modern organizational structure of the Institute - a system of departments and sectors formed according to the chronological or cultural-historical principle - was laid in the late 1940s. Developing in the following decades, it was modified and supplemented by new units. Currently, the main research divisions of the Institute of Archeology are the departments of the Stone Age, the Bronze Age, Scythian-Sarmatian archeology, classical archeology, Slavic-Russian archeology (with groups of Arctic archeology and archeology of the era of the Great Migration of Peoples), theory and methodology (with groups of history ceramics, foreign archeology and physical anthropology), archeological codes and maps, security excavations, the archeology sector of Moscow, the laboratory of natural scientific methods, the group of medieval archeology of the Eurasian steppes. A special place in the structure of the Institute is occupied by the field research department, whose competence includes scientific regulation of field work and control of the professional quality of field research throughout Russia.

From the moment of its establishment, the Institute of Archeology has been aimed at conducting scientific research in a wide range of problems and chronology, covering as far as possible the entire diversity of the ancient and medieval cultures of Eurasia. His research is focused on the reconstruction of a holistic picture of the past on the basis of material remains, on the formation of the most complete and profound scientific ideas about various aspects of the cultural history of mankind. The scientific program of the Institute fully presents both summarizing works on major problems of archeology, and research focused on individual monuments and objects, developing the traditions of archaeological source study. Research tasks and the content of the scientific program changed as scientific knowledge about the antiquities of Russia and neighboring countries developed and accumulated, methods of archeology improved, the socio-economic situation in the country changed, and material opportunities for research changed.

The formation of the Institute in the second half of the 1940-1950s, during the period of post-war patriotic upsurge and growing interest in historical monuments, was accompanied, on the one hand, by the intensification of field research throughout the USSR, and, on the other hand, by the formation of the organizational structure of archaeological institutions, the central link of which was the Institute, designed to coordinate all work in the field of archeology. The most important archaeological publications were transferred to Moscow, such as MIA (Materials and Research on Archeology of the USSR), KSIIMK (Short Communications of IIMK) and the yearbook "Soviet Archeology", transformed in 1957 into a quarterly journal. One of the most important tasks of archeology during this period was to obtain scientific data on ancient monuments in various regions of the USSR, many of which were in the full sense of the word "white spots", on various categories of archaeological objects, the true nature of which was unknown. Expeditionary research of the Institute at the Neolithic settlements of the North and the Center of European Russia, the monuments of the Bronze Age and the Early Iron Age in the North Caucasus, the ancient monuments of the Northern Black Sea region, in the largest ancient Russian cities were marked by striking discoveries.

An outstanding event in historical science was the discovery of birch-bark letters in 1951 by the Novgorod expedition of Moscow State University and IIMK RAS. The fundamental works published in these years - "The Craft of Ancient Russia" by B.A. Rybakova (1949), "Ancient History of Southern Siberia" by S.V. Kiseleva (1950), “Periodization of Trypillia settlements” by T.S. Pasek (1949), "Essays on the history of the tribes of the European part of the USSR in the Neolithic era" A.Ya. Bryusov (1952), "Proceedings of the Novgorod Archaeological Expedition" (edited by A.V. Artsikhovsky and B.A. Kolchin) - determined the directions for the development of archaeological science in the USSR for many years to come.

The 1960s became a time of further expansion of field work throughout the USSR, the accumulation of a huge array of primary archaeological materials, including as a result of security excavations in new buildings. The most significant achievements of field archeology of this decade certainly include the discovery of Upper Paleolithic painting in the Kapova Cave in the Urals and a pair of children's burials at the Upper Paleolithic site of Sungir near Vladimir, made by the expedition of O.N. Bader. In the late 1960s. The Institute develops field work outside the USSR, including in Bulgaria, Afghanistan and Iraq, thus becoming involved in the study of the problems of the formation of the earliest centers of the productive economy and the formation of the most ancient world civilizations (works of the Iraqi expedition led by R.M. Munchaev).

The urgent task at that time was the systematization of the accumulated materials, the creation on their basis of generalizing works on archeology of various periods. In the 1960s - early 1970s, the topics and methodology of research were gradually updated, the methods of natural sciences began to be actively introduced into archeology, and the importance of statistical-combinatorial methods for systematizing and analyzing large arrays of archaeological data was realized. The creation in 1967 at the Institute of the Laboratory of Natural Scientific Methods (first leader - B.A. Kolchin) contributed to the development of new scientific areas - dendrochronology, the study of ancient and medieval metallurgy using metallography and spectral analysis data. New opportunities for the systematization and introduction of archaeological materials into scientific circulation were opened up by the publication of a series of Codes of Archaeological Sources (CAI), which set the standards for archaeological source studies in the 1960s-1970s.

The largest scientific undertaking of the late 1970s, initiated by Academician B.A. Rybakov, was the preparation of the 20-volume "Archaeology of the USSR" - a fundamental publication that unfolds a general panorama of the historical development of human society on the territory of the USSR from the Paleolithic to the Middle Ages, summing up modern scientific data on the antiquities of various periods and regions. The most authoritative specialists from various archaeological institutions in Russia were involved in the creation of this work, summing up the results of the study of the ancient and medieval cultures of Eurasia in the 20th century. At present, the publication, which since 1993 has received the name "Archaeology", is almost completely completed, 18 volumes have come out of print.

The scientific research program developed at the Institute in the late 1980s by the newly elected director, academician V.P. Alekseev, provided for the renewal and expansion of traditional issues, an in-depth study of the paleoecological aspects of the development of ancient societies, and the intensification of interdisciplinary research using the methods of the natural sciences. Unfortunately, only a small part of these plans was realized.

The crisis years of the 1990s did not become a lost time for the Institute. The main scientific directions were preserved. The reduction in the scale of field work in the first half of the 1990s made it possible to comprehend and publish materials from field projects of previous years. During this period, new scientific directions crystallized at the Institute, such as complex paleoecological studies and bioarchaeological reconstructions, the study of the cultural landscape, and the use of geoinformation systems in archeology. A computer base has been created, which made it possible to widely introduce modern information technologies into archaeological practice. Prepared and published 26 issues of the Archaeological Map of Russia (AKR) - a scientific reference publication, which is a catalog of monuments found in various administrative regions.

One of the most significant scientific achievements of the Institute in the 1990s was the creation of a modern concept of the ethnocultural history of the Slavs, a general picture of the Slavic ethnogenesis based on the study of a huge array of archaeological materials, written sources, data from historical linguistics and anthropology. The results of these studies carried out by Academician V.V. Sedov, are set out in the monographs "Slavs in Antiquity" (1994), "Slavs in the Early Middle Ages" (1995), "Old Russian Nationality" (1999), "Slavs: Historical and Archaeological Research" (2002). The most interesting results on human paleoecology and the biological state of human paleopopulations in various historical periods were obtained through interdisciplinary research by a research team led by Academician T.I. Alekseeva. A striking example of such work is the collective monograph "Homo sungirensis: Evolutionary and ecological aspects of the study of the Upper Paleolithic man" (editor-in-chief Academician T.I. Alekseeva, N.O. Bader, Institute of Natural History of the Russian Academy of Sciences), which reveals the nature of the adaptation of the Upper Paleolithic man to the conditions of the Ice Age, reconstructing the types of physical activity and diet of the ancient inhabitants of the famous Sungir site.

The fundamental problems of the formation and development of ancient metallurgy, technological innovations of the early metal era, the formation and decline of metallurgical provinces are covered in the works of the staff of the Laboratory of Natural Science Methods, headed by Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences E.N. Chernykh. The dynamics and directions of colonization processes on the northern outskirts of Ancient Russia, the general patterns in the formation of medieval rural settlement in the north of the Russian Plain were studied in the works of N.A. Makarov. Among the significant results of field research in the 1990s is the discovery by the Mesopotamian expedition (headed by Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences R.M. Munchaev) of the ancient cult-administrative complex Tell Khazna 1 in Northern Mesopotamia with monumental temple buildings.

The beginning of the new century was a time of gradual renewal of the problems of the Institute's research, while maintaining the previously established fundamental directions and focusing on a wide geographical and chronological coverage of ancient and medieval cultures. Field surveys have expanded again. In 2007, 37 expeditions and detachments were organized, which launched field work on the territory of 35 constituent entities of the Russian Federation and outside Russia. The Institute conducts field research in the Middle East (on the territory of Syria), in Central Asia (on the territory of Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan), in Chukotka, in the Svalbard archipelago. Excavations continue in the North-West of Russia and in the Southern Urals. At the same time, the Center and South of European Russia remain the sphere of special interests of the Institute and the zone of the most intensive field work.

Expeditionary research is being expanded both through grants from Russian scientific foundations and as part of the organization of security research in construction zones. Findings of masterpieces of Paleolithic art at the Zaraisk site, the study of the "royal barrow" of the Sarmatian culture at the Filippovka burial ground in the Orenburg region, the discovery of new monuments of ancient epigraphy and art in Phanagoria, the discovery of a treasure trove of ancient Russian jewelry in Staraya Ryazan, excavations of city estates XIV- XV centuries in the Tainitsky garden of the Moscow Kremlin.

Today, with the accumulation of new materials and the emergence of new methods of analysis and systematization of archaeological data in the arsenal of researchers, conditions have gradually been created for a deeper vision of many historical phenomena, ancient cultures, stages of ancient and medieval history, which involves the creation of a new generation of major generalizing studies. The scientists working at the Institute focused their attention on problems that were previously out of the field of view of archeology or require new coverage, such as the most ancient stages of human settlement in the North Caucasus; dynamics of life and ecological conditions for the existence of Upper Paleolithic settlements on the Russian Plain; centers of rock art in the North-East of Eurasia; the cultural situation of the era of the Great Migration of Peoples in the forest-steppe zone of European Russia; the phenomenon of the ancient Russian village of pre-Mongol times; cultural landscape of medieval Moscow. The basis for new historical and cultural generalizations is often individual field projects, within which vivid material has been obtained that characterizes the culture, economy, and paleoecological aspects of the development of ancient societies.

In recent years, when the total volume of field archaeological work in Russia has been noticeably increasing, the activities of the Field Research Department and the Expert Council established under it, which carries out the examination of reports on field research, are of particular importance. This work is closely coordinated with Rossvyazokhrankultura, which is responsible for the protection of historical and cultural heritage. In 2006, more than 1,400 Open Sheets were issued in Russia and more than 1,000 excavation reports were collected. Brief information about field work throughout Russia from Kaliningrad to Sakhalin is promptly introduced into scientific circulation in the yearbook "Archaeological Discoveries". All excavation reports are sent to the archives of the Institute of Archaeology. This centralized system for the collection and storage of documentation, the formation of which was initiated in the middle of the 19th century by the activities of the Imperial Archaeological Commission, ensures the preservation of complete information about all field work carried out on the territory of our country, and convenient access for researchers to a vast array of archaeological sources.

The Institute of Archeology is making great efforts aimed at preserving the archaeological heritage of Russia, assessing new threats emerging in this area, and developing effective approaches to the protection of monuments. This work is of particular relevance in the current situation, in the context of the expansion of predatory excavations and the intensification of construction, often erasing ancient monuments from the face of the earth. On the Institute's initiative, discussions began on the problem of counteracting unauthorized excavations and illegal trade in antiquities. The specialists of the Institute take part in the development of legal documents regulating the protection of archaeological heritage sites. In recent years, the Institute has organized large security excavations in historical cities, along pipeline and highway construction routes, ensuring the preservation of precious information about ancient monuments. A distinctive feature of these works was the involvement of the most qualified scientists specializing in the study of various chronological groups of antiquities affected by construction projects. The security excavations of the Institute have become the most important channel for the influx of new materials characterizing the culture and history of medieval towns and rural settlements in the Center of European Russia.

In 1969, the Institute was awarded the Order of the Red Banner of Labor in recognition of the Institute's outstanding merits in the development of the domestic humanities. Four of its employees were awarded the Lenin Prize and 13 - the State Prize.

The Field Research Department sends you an Information Message. It concerns certificates on the transfer of archaeological collections to museum funds for permanent storage. Please read this message and provide the Field Research Department with certificates on the transfer of collections for permanent storage until 2014 inclusive.
Announcement.
In connection with the beginning of the 2017 season, the Field Research Department of the Institute of Archeology of the Russian Academy of Sciences draws the attention of the applicants to the requirements established by Article 45.1 of the Federal Law of June 25, 2002 No. transfer of all seized archaeological items to the state part of the Museum Fund of the Russian Federation.
According to this article, the performer of archaeological field work is an individual who carried out archaeological field work, and a legal entity with which such an individual is in labor relations, within three years from the date of expiration of the permit (open sheet) obliged to transfer in the manner established by the federal body for the protection of cultural heritage objects, all seized archaeological objects to the state part of the Museum Fund of the Russian Federation.
Taking into account this norm, the Regulations on the procedure for conducting archaeological field work and compiling scientific reporting documentation (clause 6.4) provide for the presence as an annex to the scientific report transfer document all seized archaeological items to the state part of the Museum Fund of the Russian Federation. When if By the time the scientific report was submitted, work on the collection had not been completed; the document is attached in the form of a certificate from the legal entity that carried out the expeditionary work, indicating the expected place and timing of the transfer of the finds.
In compliance with the above norm, in 2017, when considering an application for a permit (open sheet), the fact that there is a document on the transfer to the state part of the Museum Fund of the Russian Federation for permanent storage of all seized archaeological objects in the course of archaeological field work performed by the applicant in accordance with the issued permission (open sheet) in previous years (until 2014 inclusive).
We would like to inform you about the need to timely submit the appropriate certificate to the Field Research Department of the IA RAS.
The certificate must contain the following information:
the name of the museum;
FULL NAME. researcher, his position, place of work;
name of the object of study, its localization;
year of work;
open sheet number;
the number of the item acceptance certificate, the date of execution of the certificate;
information on the number of items transferred and the transfer of field records and, if additional field documentation or a scientific report was transferred, then this additional documentation.
signature of the open sheet holder with decoding;
signature of the head of the museum department that accepted the collection with a transcript and certified by a seal;
certificate issue date.

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