PHOTOGRAPHIC COLLECTION OF THE TOMSK SOCIETY OF SIBERIAN STUDIES AT THE TOMSK REGIONAL MUSEUM
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069:94(47):930:77
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Information about authors: Andreeva Elena Anatolyevna, PhD in History, Head of Research Department, M.B. Shatilov Tomsk Regional Museum (Tomsk, Russian Federation). E-mail: nurrikissam@list.ru
Annotation: The paper focuses on findings from the scientific and practical research of a photographic collection of the Tomsk Society of Siberian Studies (1909–1917), which was donated to the Tomsk Regional Museum in 1923. Being related to the analysis of iconographic sources, the subject of the study relates to context of humanities current trends, including the adoption of “visual turn” techniques. The paper outlines and validates the criteria that serve as a tool for studying the composition of the collection and identifying its items in the museum, which is the purpose of the study. Based on the analysis of photographs, archival documents and other publications of the early 20th century, the contents and sources of the collection were established. One of the sources of the Society’s collection was an exhibition held in Tomsk in 1911, in which amateur photographers from all over Siberia took part. The Society’s collection included photographs taken during research expeditions by G.N. Potanin to Mongolia (1899), by surveyors of the Omsk Military District to the Altai (1907, 1909), by groups of exiles, who examined the Paidugina River in the Narym Region, etc. A consistently designed series of professional photographs with views of Yenisei and Irkutsk provinces make up a significant part of the collection. They were designed not only as a source of information, but also as souvenirs. The collection covers the south of Western, Middle and Eastern Siberia, the Far East and the northeastern part of Mongolia. The paper highlights A.V. Adrianov’s part in arranging the collection. It is concluded that the collection is of historical and cultural value despite the fact that it has not been completed.
Keywords: collection, museum studies, history of photography, fine art source, Siberia, Asian studies, scientific societies, A.V. Adrianov, G.N. Potanin.
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Information about authors: Andreeva Elena Anatolyevna, PhD in History, Head of Research Department, M.B. Shatilov Tomsk Regional Museum (Tomsk, Russian Federation). E-mail: nurrikissam@list.ru
Annotation: The paper focuses on findings from the scientific and practical research of a photographic collection of the Tomsk Society of Siberian Studies (1909–1917), which was donated to the Tomsk Regional Museum in 1923. Being related to the analysis of iconographic sources, the subject of the study relates to context of humanities current trends, including the adoption of “visual turn” techniques. The paper outlines and validates the criteria that serve as a tool for studying the composition of the collection and identifying its items in the museum, which is the purpose of the study. Based on the analysis of photographs, archival documents and other publications of the early 20th century, the contents and sources of the collection were established. One of the sources of the Society’s collection was an exhibition held in Tomsk in 1911, in which amateur photographers from all over Siberia took part. The Society’s collection included photographs taken during research expeditions by G.N. Potanin to Mongolia (1899), by surveyors of the Omsk Military District to the Altai (1907, 1909), by groups of exiles, who examined the Paidugina River in the Narym Region, etc. A consistently designed series of professional photographs with views of Yenisei and Irkutsk provinces make up a significant part of the collection. They were designed not only as a source of information, but also as souvenirs. The collection covers the south of Western, Middle and Eastern Siberia, the Far East and the northeastern part of Mongolia. The paper highlights A.V. Adrianov’s part in arranging the collection. It is concluded that the collection is of historical and cultural value despite the fact that it has not been completed.
Keywords: collection, museum studies, history of photography, fine art source, Siberia, Asian studies, scientific societies, A.V. Adrianov, G.N. Potanin.
