“HOUSING ISSUES” OF KYIV ARCHAEOLOGISTS IN 1940’S–1950’S

The article analyses living and working conditions of Kyiv archaeologists in the 1940’s and 1950’s, when Kyiv gradually recovered from the terrible war destruction. Like all Kyiv citizens, archaeologists suffered from a lack of housing and the necessary equipment and furniture but continued their research. All this was compounded by the intensification of post-war repression. After the restoration of its activity, the Institute of Archeology was located on Taras Shevchenko Boulevard with several other institutes of the Academy of Sciences until 1960. In the same building there was a dormitory for employees. All this did not improve the work of the institution, but also led to interpersonal conflicts. The sluggish bureaucratic system created in the USSR forced the use of the Institute's administrative resources to solve ordinary household issues. To improve the living conditions of staff, as well as to ensure relatively normal working conditions, Directorate of Institute of Archeology had to repeatedly escalate by writing numerous letters, both to the leadership of the Academy of Sciences, and to the Soviet institutions of various levels for the purpose of “knocking out” at least some living quarters for archaeologists. This situation continued for many years after the war. In addition to the everyday problems of the Kyiv archaeologists, the directorate of Institute of Archaeology tried to assist Lviv archeologists in such situations, who formally were a part of Institute of Archeology. However, in most cases, this assistance did not produce any results.

In addition, the “housing issue” also concerned the Institute of Archeology, because for many years the institution had major problems with the lack of space not only for staff but also for the collection of finds. These problems were also exacerbated by the plundering of the Institute itself and its collections during the war.

history of archeology, everyday life of Kyiv citizens, everyday life of archaeologists, Taras Shevchenko boulevard, 14.

Buiskykh, Yu. S. (2014). “Arkheolohiia yak sposib zhyttia…”: do pytannia vyvchennia ukrainskoi arkheolohichnoi subkultury. Pole: zbirnyk naukovykh prats z istorii, teorii ta metodolohii polovykh doslidzhen, 1, 5–106 (in Ukrainian).

Malakov, D. (2008). Kyiany. Viina. Nimtsi. Kyiv, 364 pp. (in Ukrainian).

NaukovyiarkhivInstytutuarkheolohii, Natsionalna akademiia nauk Ukrainy. F. 30. (Personalnyi fond Mikhaila Rudynskoho). Nerozibrana chastyna. Lysty vid Oleny Biyovskoi vid 29.06.1945 (in Ukrainian).

Naukovyi arkhiv Instytutu arkheolohii, Natsionalna akademiia nauk Ukrainy. F. 30. (Personalnyi fond Mikhaila Rudynskoho). Nerozibrana chastyna. Lysty vid Oleny Biyovskoi. Data nevidoma (in Ukrainian).

NaukovyiarkhivInstytutuarkheolohii, NatsionalnaakademiianaukUkrainy. F. 62. (Dilovodstvo). Nerozibrana chastyna. Zvit pro robotu Lvivskoho viddilu za 1948 rik (in Ukrainian).

Naukovyi arkhiv Instytutu arkheolohii, Natsionalna akademiia nauk Ukrainy. F. 62. (Dilovodstvo). Nerozibrana chastyna. Lyst do spetsviddilu Akademii nauk URSR vid 16.09.1959 (in Ukrainian).

Naukovyi arkhiv Instytutu arkheolohii, Natsionalna akademiia nauk Ukrainy. F. 62. (Dilovodstvo). Nerozibrana chastyna. Lyst do holovy Vykonkomu Pecherskoho rayonu vid 8.07.1948 (in Ukrainian).

NaukovyiarkhivInstytutuarkheolohii, NatsionalnaakademiianaukUkrainy. F. 62. (Dilovodstvo). Nerozibrana chastyna. Nakazy prezydii Akademii nauk za 1945. Nakaz 29 24.04.1945 (in Ukrainian).

NaukovyiarkhivInstytutuarkheolohii, NatsionalnaakademiianaukUkrainy. F. 62. (Dilovodstvo). Nerozibrana chastyna. Spysok meshkantsiv, scho meshkayut v prymishchenni Instytutu arkheolohii (in Ukrainian).

NaukovyiarkhivInstytutuarkheolohii, NatsionalnaakademiianaukUkrainy. F. 62. (Dilovodstvo). Nerozibrana chastyna. Lyst do Vitse-prezydenta Akademii nauk vid 15. 08. 1955 (in Ukrainian).

NaukovyiarkhivInstytutuarkheolohii, NatsionalnaakademiianaukUkrainy. F. 62. (Dilovodstvo). Nerozibrana chastyna. Dani pro ploshchu ta kilkist spivrobitnykiv Instytutu arkheolohii na 1. 12. 1959 (in Ukrainian).

NaukovyiarkhivInstytutuarkheolohii, NatsionalnaakademiianaukUkrainy. F. 62. (Dilovodstvo). Nerozibrana chastyna. Lyst vid Yefimenka do Terenozhkina vid 28.06.1948 (in Ukrainian).

NaukovyiarkhivInstytutuarkheolohii, NatsionalnaakademiianaukUkrainy. F. 62. (Dilovodstvo). Nerozibrana chastyna. Lyst do holovy Kyivskoi miskoi rady vid Yefimenka vid 27.04.1951 (in Ukrainian).

NaukovyiarkhivInstytutuarkheolohii, NatsionalnaakademiianaukUkrainy. F. 62. (Dilovodstvo). Nerozibrana chastyna. Lyst do Prezydiumu Akademii nauk vid 16.09.1950 (in Ukrainian).

NaukovyiarkhivInstytutuarkheolohii, NatsionalnaakademiianaukUkrainy. F. 62. (Dilovodstvo). Nerozibrana chastyna. Lyst do Vitse-prezydenta Akademii nauk vid 25.05.1950 (in Ukrainian).

NaukovyiarkhivInstytutuarkheolohii, NatsionalnaakademiianaukUkrainy. F. 62. (Dilovodstvo). Op. 1. Spr. 3 (in Ukrainian).

Naukovyi arkhiv Instytutu arkheolohii, Natsionalna akademiia nauk Ukrainy. F. 62. (Dilovodstvo). Op. 1. Spr. 4 (in Ukrainian).

Ovsiiuk, O. (2017). Zhyttia pislia okupatsii: pobut kyian 1943–1945 rr. Kyiv, 176 pp. (in Ukrainian).

Sytnyk, O. S. (2012). Archaeological sciense in Lviv. First half of XX century. Lviv–Rzeszów, 365 pp. (in Ukrainian).

Stanytsina, H. O. (2017). “Skarby na skli”: kolektsiia nehatyviv na skli z fondiv Naukovoho arkhivu Instytutu arkheolohii NAN Ukrainy. Materials and studies on archaeology of Sub-Carpathian and Volhynian area, 21, 198–213 (in Ukrainian).

TsentralnyiderzhavnyiarkhivvyshchykhorhanivvladytaupravlinniaUkrainy. F. 4620. (Kolektsiya dokumentiv z Istorii Velykoi Vitchiznyanoi viiny). Op. 3. Spr. 329 (in Ukrainian).

Tsentralnyi derzhavnyi arkhiv vyshchykh orhaniv vlady ta upravlinnia Ukrainy. F. 4620. (Kolektsiya dokumentiv z Istorii Velykoi Vitchiznyanoi viiny). Op. 3. Spr. 327 (in Ukrainian).