Galkina, T. A. Russian Institute for Cultural Research: Memories of the Past

Abstract: In the year of the 80th anniversary of the Russian Institute for Cultural Research the author of the article shares his own impressions of the fi rst after the war 20th anniversary of the Institute. Back in those times it was called the Institute of Local Studies and Museum Work and then it changed its name into Institute of Museum Studies and Institute of Culture. The author of the article, Galkina, knew many of those who worked for the Institute: she spent a lot of time there when visiting her mother, Pavla Ivanova Galkina, who had worked at the Institute as the deputy of the director for many years. The article describes Pavla Galkina’s life and activity, changes in the fi elds of work of the Institute, change of the general paradigm since 1947 up to 1973 and expansion of scientists goals and tasks of the Institute.

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