RUSSIAN ARCHAEOLOGY - To the 100th Anniversary of termination of Russian Turkestan Expeditions Works (Letters of A. Grunwedel to D.A. Klements from “Orientalists’ Archives”, Institute of Oriental Manuscripts, RAS)

Mikhail D. Bukharin

Institute of World History, RAS (michabucha@gmail.com)

Key words: the history of archaeology, Eastern Turkestan, Archives of RAS, Idikutshakhri, Turfan, Prussian Imperial Turfan Expedition.

Russian archaeological expeditions completed their work in Eastern Turkestan in 1915. The overwhelming part of the material gained during several seasons remains unpublished. Many details of the history of the archaeological research of this part of the world are still unclear. The letters of the head of Prussian Imperial Turfan Expedition A. Grünwedel to Russian scholar D.A. Klements shed light on this page of the history of archaeology.