Metadata : Audio Archive of Field School-Expeditions
Collection
- Country:
- Russia
- Holding institution:
- The Centre “Petersburg Judaica”
- Holding institution (official language):
- Центр «Петербургская иудаика»
- Postal address:
- 191187, St. Petersburg, Gagarinskaia ul., d. 6, k. 1, lit. А; European University at St. Petersburg
- Phone number:
- (812) 386-7637
- Email:
- judaica@eu.spb.ru
- Country:
- Russia
- Holding institution:
- The Centre “Petersburg Judaica”
- Holding institution (official language):
- Центр «Петербургская иудаика»
- Postal address:
- 191187, St. Petersburg, Gagarinskaia ul., d. 6, k. 1, lit. А; European University at St. Petersburg
- Phone number:
- (812) 386-7637
- Email:
- judaica@eu.spb.ru
- Reference number:
- F. 4
- Title:
- Audio Archive of Field School-Expeditions
- Title (official language):
- Аудиоархив полевых школ-экспедиций
- Creator/accumulator:
- The Centre “Petersburg Judaica”
- Date(s):
- 2004/2008
- Language:
- Russian
- Yiddish
- Ukrainian
- Extent:
- 700 archival storage units
- Type of material:
- Audio
- Physical condition:
- good
- Scope and content:
- The audio archive represents a collection of recordings of interviews (over 2,000 hours of recordings; partially transcribed) with Jewish and non-Jewish residents of cities of Ukraine and the Russian Federation: Mohyliv-Podilskyi, Tulchyn, Bershad, Tomashpil, Yampil and Balta (the Vinnytsia and Odessa regions of Ukraine; formerly Podolia province); and Nevel’ (the Pskov region of the Russian Federation; formerly Vitebsk province).
- Administrative/biographical history:
-
In 2004-08, the Centre “Petersburg Judaica” held five integrated field school-expeditions in the cities of Mohyliv-Podilskyi, Tulchyn, Bershad, Tomashpil, Yampil and Balta (the Vinnytsia and Odessa regions of Ukraine; formerly Podolia province) and also in 2008 in Nevel’ (the Pskov region of the Russian Federation; formerly Vitebsk province). Taking part in these expeditions were Centre “Petersburg Judaica” staff members V. Dymshits, A. Sokolova, A. L’vov and A. Kushkova, as well as students of the centre’s educational programme. During the expeditions, interviews were conducted with representatives of both the Jewish and non-Jewish population of these cities. These were added to this audio archive, which constitutes a primary resource for research and publications of the Centre “Petersburg Judaica” and the Inter-Departmental Centre for Judaica (MFTs PI) of the European University at St. Petersburg. Fragments of interviews from the audio archive of the Centre “Petersburg Judaica” were published in the article collection The Shtetl, 21st c.: Field Research (St. Petersburg, 2008).
The research, educational and exhibition centre “Petersburg Judaica” began operations in the 1998-99 academic year as an inter-departmental research and teaching group at the European University at St. Petersburg (EUSP). In late 1999, the centre was registered as a nonprofit organisation to study and promote the cultural heritage of the Jews of Russia and Eastern Europe. From 2000 to 2004, it operated under a joint-operations agreement with the Russian Institute of Art History (RIII) and was located on the premises of that institute (the former palace of Count V. P. Zubov at 5 St. Isaac’s Square). The first exhibition prepared by the centre’s staff, titled “The Great Synagogues. The Third Destruction of the Temple,” opened in the exhibition hall of the Institute of Art History in 2000. Currently the Centre “Petersburg Judaica” exists, on the one hand, as an independent structure; on the other, it operates within the European University at St. Petersburg as the Inter-Departmental Centre for Judaica of the European University at St. Petersburg (MFTs PI). Since 2004, the latter has enrolled students in the European University at St. Petersburg who, while studying in one of the university’s departments, simultaneously engage in a special advanced training program in the field of Jewish studies. The centre is distinguished by its many years of experience in the conduct of field research. The staff of the Centre “Petersburg Judaica” conduct research, educational and exhibition activities, striving to ensure that all three areas of work are interconnected. Since 2000, the centre has held about 40 exhibitions devoted to various aspects of Jewish culture, art, history and ethnography in close cooperation with the State Museum of the History of Religion, the Russian Ethnographic Museum, the State Russian Museum, the State Museum of the History of St. Petersburg, the ROSFOTO Museum and Exhibition Centre and several museums and art galleries in Israel, France, Switzerland and the United States. In the course of the activities of the Centre “Petersburg Judaica” its staff have organised a research archive and collections of paintings and graphic works of Jewish artists of Leningrad/St. Petersburg of various periods, including works by N. I. Al’tman, S. B. Iudovin, A. L. Kaplan, L. G. Nissenbaum, A. S. Zaslavskii, A. I. Zinshtein, T. V. Pogorel’skaia, L. Ia. Grol’man and A. V. Lukina, as well as a collection of artistic photographs by M. Kheifets. Since 2013, the Centre “Petersburg Judaica” has been a member of the Association of European Jewish Museums.
- Subject terms:
- Oral history
- System of arrangement:
- The fonds is arranged mainly by geographical location.
- Finding aids:
- A catalogue is available.
- Reference number:
- F. 4
- Title:
- Audio Archive of Field School-Expeditions
- Title (official language):
- Аудиоархив полевых школ-экспедиций
- Creator/accumulator:
- The Centre “Petersburg Judaica”
- Date(s):
- 2004/2008
- Language:
- Russian
- Yiddish
- Ukrainian
- Extent:
- 700 archival storage units
- Type of material:
- Audio
- Physical condition:
- good
- Scope and content:
- The audio archive represents a collection of recordings of interviews (over 2,000 hours of recordings; partially transcribed) with Jewish and non-Jewish residents of cities of Ukraine and the Russian Federation: Mohyliv-Podilskyi, Tulchyn, Bershad, Tomashpil, Yampil and Balta (the Vinnytsia and Odessa regions of Ukraine; formerly Podolia province); and Nevel’ (the Pskov region of the Russian Federation; formerly Vitebsk province).
- Administrative/biographical history:
-
In 2004-08, the Centre “Petersburg Judaica” held five integrated field school-expeditions in the cities of Mohyliv-Podilskyi, Tulchyn, Bershad, Tomashpil, Yampil and Balta (the Vinnytsia and Odessa regions of Ukraine; formerly Podolia province) and also in 2008 in Nevel’ (the Pskov region of the Russian Federation; formerly Vitebsk province). Taking part in these expeditions were Centre “Petersburg Judaica” staff members V. Dymshits, A. Sokolova, A. L’vov and A. Kushkova, as well as students of the centre’s educational programme. During the expeditions, interviews were conducted with representatives of both the Jewish and non-Jewish population of these cities. These were added to this audio archive, which constitutes a primary resource for research and publications of the Centre “Petersburg Judaica” and the Inter-Departmental Centre for Judaica (MFTs PI) of the European University at St. Petersburg. Fragments of interviews from the audio archive of the Centre “Petersburg Judaica” were published in the article collection The Shtetl, 21st c.: Field Research (St. Petersburg, 2008).
The research, educational and exhibition centre “Petersburg Judaica” began operations in the 1998-99 academic year as an inter-departmental research and teaching group at the European University at St. Petersburg (EUSP). In late 1999, the centre was registered as a nonprofit organisation to study and promote the cultural heritage of the Jews of Russia and Eastern Europe. From 2000 to 2004, it operated under a joint-operations agreement with the Russian Institute of Art History (RIII) and was located on the premises of that institute (the former palace of Count V. P. Zubov at 5 St. Isaac’s Square). The first exhibition prepared by the centre’s staff, titled “The Great Synagogues. The Third Destruction of the Temple,” opened in the exhibition hall of the Institute of Art History in 2000. Currently the Centre “Petersburg Judaica” exists, on the one hand, as an independent structure; on the other, it operates within the European University at St. Petersburg as the Inter-Departmental Centre for Judaica of the European University at St. Petersburg (MFTs PI). Since 2004, the latter has enrolled students in the European University at St. Petersburg who, while studying in one of the university’s departments, simultaneously engage in a special advanced training program in the field of Jewish studies. The centre is distinguished by its many years of experience in the conduct of field research. The staff of the Centre “Petersburg Judaica” conduct research, educational and exhibition activities, striving to ensure that all three areas of work are interconnected. Since 2000, the centre has held about 40 exhibitions devoted to various aspects of Jewish culture, art, history and ethnography in close cooperation with the State Museum of the History of Religion, the Russian Ethnographic Museum, the State Russian Museum, the State Museum of the History of St. Petersburg, the ROSFOTO Museum and Exhibition Centre and several museums and art galleries in Israel, France, Switzerland and the United States. In the course of the activities of the Centre “Petersburg Judaica” its staff have organised a research archive and collections of paintings and graphic works of Jewish artists of Leningrad/St. Petersburg of various periods, including works by N. I. Al’tman, S. B. Iudovin, A. L. Kaplan, L. G. Nissenbaum, A. S. Zaslavskii, A. I. Zinshtein, T. V. Pogorel’skaia, L. Ia. Grol’man and A. V. Lukina, as well as a collection of artistic photographs by M. Kheifets. Since 2013, the Centre “Petersburg Judaica” has been a member of the Association of European Jewish Museums.
- Subject terms:
- Oral history
- System of arrangement:
- The fonds is arranged mainly by geographical location.
- Finding aids:
- A catalogue is available.
