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Moscow Archaeological Society

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Moscow Archaeological Society 

a scholarly society that existed from 1864 to 1922. It was involved in the study of Russia’s antiquities, the preservation of ancient monuments, and archaeological excavations. The society included the Commission for the Preservation of Monuments (from 1876), the Eastern Commission (from 1887), the Slavic Commission (from 1892), the Archaeological Commission (from 1896), and the Commission for the Study of Old Moscow (from 1909). In 1869 the society initiated the organization of archaeological conferences.



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In 1899 the Chairman of the Moscow Archaeological Society, Countess Uvarova, implementing decisions of the eleventh Archaeological Congress, suggested to the Ministry of Education the creation of a department of archaeology in every Russian university, using the curriculum created by Count Uvarov in 1874.
 
 
 
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