From the history of Kuban archeology: local historian Konstantin Efremovich Gorb

Aim. To consider various aspects of the archaeological activity of the Kuban local historian, school teacher Konstantin Efremovich Gorb.

Methodology. The analysis of archival materials and documents of the Institute of Archeology of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Krasnodar’s Felitsun State Historical and Archaeological Reserve Museum and Central Archive of MOD of the Russian Federation was carried out. Comparative-historical and problem-chronological methods of studying the processes of formation of regional archeology were used in the study.

Results. The article for the first time attempts to collect the few facts about the life and work of a history teacher, the head of the local history club of School no. 5 of the village of Sovetskaya — K. E. Gorb. In the 1950s, together with schoolchildren, he explored the valley of the Urup River from Armavir to the village Ilyich on the territory of five districts: Armavir, Uspensky, Sovetsky, Otradnensky and Udobnensky. He discovered and mapped dozens of archaeological sites. K.E. Gorb conducted an active correspondence with N. V. Anfimov, an employee of the Krasnodar Museum of Local Lore. Conclusions are drawn about the significance of the analyzed aspects of his scientific activity in the study of sites of the Bronze Age and the Early Iron Age of the North Caucasus.

Research implications. The results of the study contribute to the history of the archeology of the North Caucasus. This work is of undoubted interest to researchers of the Bronze Age and the Early Iron Age of the North Caucasus, since for the first time the materials of post-war studies of archaeological sites of the Middle Kuban are published. The materials presented in the article can be used in courses on the history of Russian archaeology and the archaeology of the Caucasus, as well as in the study of certain aspects of the Bronze Age and the Early Iron Age.

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2. Gorb K. E. [Interesting findings]. In: Sovetskaya Pravda. Gazeta Sovetskogo rayona Krasnodarskogo kraya [Sovetskaya Pravda. Newspaper of the Sovetsky District of the Krasnodar Krai]. 1951. May 17.

3. Gorb K. E. [Preserving historical monuments]. In: Sovetskaya Pravda. Gazeta Sovetskogo rayona Krasnodarskogo kraya [Sovetskaya Pravda. Newspaper of the Sovetsky District of the Krasnodar Krai]. 1951. October 10.

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