Activity of Lazarus Slavin in the State Academy of History of Material Culture

The problem history of archaeological science in St. Petersburg is the subject of many historical researches. The main purpose of this article is to study the activities of the State Academy of History of Material Culture in 1929–1938. During this period Lazarus Slavin had been working in the institution, and later headed the Institute of Archeology of the Academy of Sciences. Certainly, the formation and development of future corresponding member held within the Leningrad Academy. In this institution Lazarus Slavin gained practical experience in scientific and organizational work. Also important role to further career of scientist was played by interpersonal communications established in Leningrad. Certainly, Lazarus Slavin used the gained experience in his further activity in Kyiv. Another important aspect of this study is that in those years (1929– 1938) primarily in the Leningrad Academy as the central archaeological institutions, the process of transition from the «old bourgeois archeology» to the new Marxist history of material culture took place.