Open Access“Profession – archaeologist”: the labor book of Yevhenija Makhno from the official archive of the National Historical and Ethnographic Reserve “Perejaslav”
Author(s) -
Olena Kolybenko,
Oleksandr Kolybenko
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
materìali ì doslìdžennâ z arheologìï prikarpattâ ì volinì
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2223-1218
DOI - 10.33402/mdapv.2019-23-474-480
Subject(s) - ethnography , state (computer science) , national archives , history , value (mathematics) , period (music) , labor relations , world war ii , library science , sociology , political science , law , archaeology , art , algorithm , machine learning , computer science , aesthetics
A number of very interesting documents, including the labor book of well-known archaeologist and slavist Yevhenija Makhno (1913–1992), who spent the last decades of her labor activity in National Historical and Ethnographic Reserve “Perejaslav” (until 15.03.1999 it was Perejaslav-Khmelnytskyj State Historical and Cultural Reserve), are stored among papers of official archive of the Human Resources Department of this reserve. This specific little-known document includes correct information about the professional way of the researcher during 1947–1992, as well as some other data that relate to both the pre-war period and the time of World War II. Labor books of other former workers of the reserve are stored in this archive. These documents remained in the Human Resources Department due to the fact that at the time of death these workers were in labor relations with the reserve.This specific document contains information which is of some value as it makes it possible to clarify the data known from other sources about life and working of this outstanding person. First of all, the labor book indicates the exact date of official employment of the young graduate of Kyiv State University Yevhenija Makhno to the staff of the Institute of Archaeology of the Academy of Sciences of Ukrainian SSR – July 20, 1939. In addition, it also indicates the date of her employment to the staff of Perejaslav-Khmelnytskyj State Historical and Cultural Reserve – June 1, 1979. It means that officially Y. Makhno began to work in the reserve 2 months after dismissal from last temporary work at the Institute of Archaeology of the Academy of Sciences of the Ukrainian SSR, but it was not in 1975 as is reported in the publications. In spite of its specifics, service documents often have information that is difficult to find in other sources. The problem is that such documents are often thrown out as being of no use at stated intervals for reasons of space in the archives.Key words: Yevhenija Makhno, Ukrainian archaeology, the Institute of Archaeology of the Academy of Sciences of the Ukrainian SSR, labor book, Perejaslav-Khmelnytskyj State Historical and Cultural Reserve.