Academician Nikolai Ya. Marr (1865–1934) is one of the most prominent representatives of Russian academia in the late imperial and early Soviet periods. A specialist in medieval literature of the Caucasus, he made a significant contribution to the study of the material culture of the region, its archeology, and came up with some original linguistic constructions that eventually formed the so-called “new theory of language”. This article will examine the significance of his ideas for the current problem of the holistic learning of culture, which is currently at the center of the process of reforming both higher and (especially) school education in Russia. The sources used are primarily materials from the N.Ya. Marr archive collection held at the St. Petersburg branch of the Archive of the Russian Academy of Sciences: drafts, reports, working notes, and other documents previously overlooked by researchers. The article is structured around three main problems: training of museum personnel, the relationship between museum functions, and the organization of museum materials.
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