title: History of the Phonogram Archive in St. Petersburg and the use of its audio materials for the study of endangered cultures in Russia
abstract: The Phonogram Archive at the Pushkin House in St. Petersburg houses an important collection of historical sound recordings. They are related to investigations in the field of ethnomusicology and ethnolinguistics. The archive is involved in the recording, restoration, description and study of the audio materials on folklore, language and ethnography, as well as their publication in the form of academic collections and audio anthologies. The materials in the Phonogram Archive form the basis for a 
journal: Rodnoy Yazyk Linguistic journal