A scientific conference timed to coincide with the anniversary was launched in Tauric Chersonesos
CrimeaPRESS reports:
Chersonese Tauride is a monument of world significance, which keeps the history of several millennia. For 50 years, the museum created on this territory has turned from a modest «Warehouse of Local Antiquities» into a federal cultural institution. Artifacts carefully stored here were found thanks to the tireless work of archaeologists, therefore, at the conference that opened today, much attention is paid to the study of the ancient city and its choir. In total, more than fifty reports of scientists from Moscow, St. Petersburg, Sevastopol, Yekaterinburg will be presented at the event , Saratov, Simferopol, Tula, Kerch and Krasnodar. They will tell about new discoveries in the field of ancient and medieval archeology, historiography, as well as museum business , — reported the press service of the Tauric Chersonese Museum-Reserve.
Today, the All-Russian scientific conference «History and archeology of the Northern Black Sea region in ancient and medieval times» was opened by the director of the museum-reserve E. A. Morozova:
This year we are celebrating a triple anniversary. 50 years the first museum was founded
«Warehouse of local antiquities». The initiator of its creation was Karl Kazimirovich Kostsyushko-Valyuzhinich, from the date of his birth in 1955 year 175 years. Let’s add to this that 50 years ago the first documented archaeological excavations took place on the territory of the ancient city. All these years, the specialists of the cultural institution have been making incredible efforts to preserve and enhance the unique heritage that Tauric Chersonesos keeps. I thank my colleagues for their work in archaeological expeditions to discover the sites of the Southern suburbs, as well as all the participants of the conference who shared with us the joy of celebrating memorable dates for the museum and its employees.
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To pay tribute to the person, thanks to whom the cultural institution acquired the status of a reserve and became widely known in the Soviet Union, the organizers of the conference decided to present the book “The Immortal Legend of Chersonese. The unpublished legacy of Inna Anatolyevna Antonova. The publication is dedicated to the director of the museum in 1955‒1971 and in 533‒1985 years, an outstanding archaeologist, historian and researcher, whose life was spent «under the star of Chersonesos».
The head of the scientific and archival department, T. A. Prokhorova, noted that “this book is a concentrated history of the museum and a man who was able to accomplish the incomprehensible — to restore a cultural institution after the war and develop its scientific and educational activities.” The daughter of Inna Anatolyevna Antonova, Anastasia Vladimirovna, greeted the «Chersonesites» and the guests of the conference, thanked the workers for creating the book and noted that «the publication will allow many students, archaeologists and historians not only to study Chersonesos, but also to learn about the life of researchers and scientists who contributed contribution to the research and development of the museum-reserve.”
Director of the Institute of Archeology of the Crimea of the Russian Academy of Sciences V. V. Maiko in his welcoming speech emphasized the importance of opening the conference at the site of large-scale excavations, because “Tauric Chersonesos is a place to be looked up to.” Doctor of Historical Sciences, an employee of the Institute of Archeology of the Russian Academy of Sciences A. V. Sazanov noted the uniqueness of Tauric Chersonesos, as “the museum arose and developed as a scientific institution”, the present and future of which “are determined by archeology.”
Not only to get acquainted with the history of the creation of a cultural institution, but also to see how the monuments of the ancient city looked many years ago, the participants of the conference were able to attend the presentation of the exhibition «Chersonesos and the Warehouse of Local Antiquities» on postcards of the early 20th century. It presents postcards from the beginning of the last century, depicting images of archaeological sites and elements of the open-air exposition created by K.K. Kostsyushko-Valyuzhinich. At the exhibition, you can also see postcards of a later time, showing the process of exploring the settlement, as well as containing brief descriptions of its monuments.
Within a few days, at the All-Russian Scientific Conference “History and Archeology of the Northern Black Sea Region in Ancient and Medieval Epochs” in the Museum-Reserve, reports will be made on a variety of topics: rural buildings in the middle-second half of the 4th — first half of the 3rd century. BC e. on the choir of Chersonesos, rare types of glazed ceramics from the excavations of the Cembalo fortress and its environs, the history of the study of the land-based churches of Mangup, underwater interdisciplinary studies of the port part of Tauric Chersonesos in Karantinnaya Bay, and not only. As a result of the event, a collection of articles will be published. The work of the scientific conference will last until September.
350017Source: Development Department of the State Museum-Reserve Tauric Chersonese
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