Kholmatov T. K. «In Institute for History and Archives Historical Geography Hasn’t Disappeared Yet»: The Letters of O. М. Medushevskaya to V.K. Yatsunskiy (1956–1966)

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Kholmatov T. K. «In Institute for History and Archives Historical Geography Hasn’t Disappeared Yet»: The Letters of O. М. Medushevskaya to V.K. Yatsunskiy (1956–1966)

Temurmalik K. Kholmatov
Candidate of Historical Sciences, National Research University «Higher School of Economics»
Moscow, Russia
E-mail: timur.kholmatoff@yandex.ru
ORCID: 0000-0002-2975-1647

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UDC 930.2(47)“1956/1966”
DOI: 10.58529/2782-6511-2024-3-1-98-107

ABSTRACT. The publication includes the letters by O. M. Medushevskaya to V. K. Yatsunskiy written in 1956–1966. They are of interest to the study of the beginning of O. М. Medushevskaya’s research path, which is associated with historical geography and the history of geographical knowledge. The letters’ main themes are — the work of O. M. Medushevskaya at the Department of Auxiliary Historical Disciplines of the Moscow State Institute for History and Archives, preparation for publication of the lectures on the 17th—19th centuries maps, consultation of E. G. Istomina (Gelman) on the topic of the candidate dissertation (about the historical geography of the Novgorod province in the 18th century). These published sources are of particular interest for studying intergenerational communication between V. K. Yatsunskiy and O. M. Medushevskaya, the relationship between the teacher and the student. The letters were found in the personal fund of V. K. Yatsunskiy in the Archive of the Russian Academy of Sciences.

KEYWORDS: O. М. Medushevskaya, V. K. Yatsunskiy, E. G. Istomina, historical geography, Soviet historical science, letters, Archive of the Russian Academy of Sciences.

For citation: Kholmatov T. K. «In Institute for History and Archives Historical Geography Hasn’t Disappeared Yet»: The Letters of O. М. Medushevskaya to V.K. Yatsunskiy (1956–1966) // Historical Geography Journal. 2024 Vol. 3 № 1 P. 86–97.

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