The Bukovina expedition of the Academician of Architecture Peotr Petrovich Pokryshkin. Documents and photographs from the Archives of IIMK RAS

This paper considers materials of the Bukovina expedition organized for the examination of the state of preservation of architectural monuments and museum collections in the zone of military activities on the Russian western front during World War I. The expedition took place in 1916–1917 under the direction of the Academician of Architecture P. P. Pokryshkin. More than 100 years have passed but the results of the activities of the expedition remain little known. A considerable assemblage of scientific documents from this trip, i.e. a report, letters, diaries, photographs, is kept in the Scientific Archives of IIMK RAS needing a comprehensive scientific publication.