title: Alexander Bernshtam and Crimean Studies
abstract: This article for the first time generalizes the known historiographical facts and introduces previously unpublished archival documents discovered by the author, pertaining to the contribution of the prominent Soviet archaeologist, ethnographer, and orientalist, Doctor of Historical Sciences Alexander Natanovich Bernshtam (1910–1956) to the development of historical Crimean studies. It examines his role in the activities of the Sevastopol Museum of Local Lore (later the Sevastopol Museum Associat
journal: Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)