Muzey Dekabristov, Chita, Zabaykalsky Krai, Russia
In the all-Russian process of museum construction, the Eastern Transbaikalia was included at the end of the 18th and beginning of the 19th century, which was due to its economic development. The economic development of Russia required the further development of the resources of Siberia and Transbaikalia including.
The consequence of this was the creation of the Nerchinsk mountainous district with a complex of mines and plants for the extraction and processing of silver-lead and iron ores. The expansion of the mining industry contributed to the formation of the local, mostly technical intelligentsia, whose representatives were graduates of the Nerchinskoy-Zavodsky Mining School and the St. Petersburg Cadet Corps (AI Kulibin, FI Baldauf, AN Taskin, NF Frish , IN Kovrigin, E.G. Chebaevsky, D.I. Sokolov and others). It is their merit in collecting, ordering and describing collections, the form of organization of which are Mineral cabinets.
F.I. Baldauf
They were created in the Nerchinsk Plant under the Mountain Board (1788) and the Mining College (1823). The collection of Mineral cabinets was universal in nature and included mineralogical, botanical, paleontological, archaeological items, cartographic material, models of machines and tools. The classification of collections was based on the typological principles of the sciences of the late XVIII – early XXIX centuries.
They were the first centers for studying the minerals of the region and were used as an auxiliary tool for teaching subjects in the curriculum. Museum collections, scientific archive and library were a single complex. Mineral cabinets were subordinated to the mining department and the Mountain Cadet Corps (St. Petersburg). Entry into the museum space was also characterized by the collection of collections for the national museums (the Mining Museum, the Museum of the Lugansk Foundry, the Museum of the Neplyuev Military School, etc.) and foreign museums (Bavaria), scientific societies (MOIP, Imperial Botanical Garden), educational institutions (Barnaul Mining College , Mining Technical School).
The participation of local intellectuals in the formation of museum collections was an expression of her civic and professional duty. museum of the Nepluyevsk military school, etc.) and foreign museums (Bavaria), scientific societies (MOIP, Imperial Botanical Gardens), educational institutions (Barnaul Mining College, Mining Technical School). The participation of local intellectuals in the formation of museum collections was an expression of her civic and professional duty. museum of the Nepluyevsk military school, etc.) and foreign museums (Bavaria), scientific societies (MOIP, Imperial Botanical Gardens), educational institutions (Barnaul Mining College, Mining Technical School). The participation of local intellectuals in the formation of museum collections was an expression of her civic and professional duty.
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