Oleksandr Ohloblyn and the Polissian Expeditions of 1932 and 1936

The paper is a brief review of two complex scientific expeditions researching industrial enterprises of the Right Bank Polissia and the analysis of their archival materials. O. Ogloblyn was the initiator of both expeditions. He organized the first expedition in 1932 during his work at the Ukrainian Taras Shevchenko Historical Museum. Four raids to 17 districts of the North Kyiv and Zhytomyr Regions were carried out. 119 former and active industrial facilities in 112 points were inspected. Production of the 17th—19th centuries such as metallurgy (64 ore factories), glassmaking (36 factories), porcelain and earthenware enterprises (6 factories) and others were studied. O. Ogloblin organized the second expedition in 1936, when he was employed at the Institute of the History of Material Culture. Scientists explored two hill-forts of Old Rus Age, the settlements of Trypillia culture, and also conducted the excavations of four mines and four blast furnaces of the modern time, and ascertained the location of another 18 mines. As a result of both expeditions, numerous important materials were collected. But they are scattered in various archives and unknown to the general public. Currently, it is known about the documents of Polissian expeditions kept in three archives of Kyiv. There is a short scientific report of the 1932 expedition and part of the materials of the 1936 expedition in the Scientific Archive of the Institute of Archeology. In the archive of the Institute of the History of Ukraine the full report of the 1932 expedition survived. In the Central State Archive of the Higher Authorities and Administration of Ukraine, 18 files of various materials of the 1932 expedition and one case related to the expedition of 1936 are kept. The most important of these materials are the field notes, diaries and topoplans of the surveyed sites. The location of the photos, maps, final drawings and figures, material belongings of the 1932 expedition is still unknown. Most of the materials of the 1936 expedition, which relate to the iron industry, were transferred in 1958 from the Institute of Archeology to the Institute of Thermal Power Engineering. Their location is currently unknown

Comparative historical research · Excavation · Human settlement · Ukrainian · Electrical and Electromagnetic Research · Environmental and Biological Research in Conflict Zones · Scientific Research and Studies