RESEARCH OF THE NORTHERN BLACK SEA REGION (BASED ON THE MATERIAL OF THE A. G. HOTALOV-GOTLIB FOUNDATION)

Abstract

The study of monuments of ancient culture in the territory of southern Ukraine began at the end of the 18th century, and became regular at the end of the 19th century. In addition to historical and archaeological descriptions, maps and plans of the remains of ancient northern Black Sea cities were created. Subsequently, attempts were made to collect archaeological materials, as well as intelligence on the history of the Bosporus kingdom and Olbia. From the end of the XIX century. systematic excavations of the largest ancient city-states and their necropolises on the territory of Ukraine – Berezan and Olbia, Chersonesus, mounds of the Bosporan kingdom, etc. Defensive structures, residential quarters, thermal baths (baths) and a mint in Chersonesos, dozens of monumental burial structures were opened. The study of the Northern Black Sea region does not stop, the excavations of new places, which hide the secrets of history that have not yet been revealed, continue. Interesting research materials of the Northern Black Sea region are stored in the Scientific Library of the Odesa I. I. Mechnikov National University. (ONU) in the A. G. Gotalov-Gotlib fund. There are book editions and publications of the works of famous historians and archaeologists dedicated to the Northern Black Sea region. Most of the copies of these publications were presented to the professor by fellow scientists, graduate students and employees of the university, including V. I. Selinov, M. S. Sinitsyn, M. F. Boltenko, G. D. Belov, and V. F. Haydukevich. The research materials of the Northern Black Sea region, stored in the fund of A. G. Gotalov-Gotlib, contain important and interesting information for archaeologists and historians who study the architectural monuments of Odessa and the Scythian-Sarmatian monuments of Odesa (Ovidiopol, Usatove village, the village of Kryva Balka), historical and archaeological monuments of Ochakov (Pitukhivka settlement), o. Berezani, Crimean Peninsula (Khersones, Bosphorus).