The Mongolian historical and ethnographic expedition of Academy of Sciences of the USSR in 1948-1949 in the materials of the scientific archives of the Institute of Archaeology, RAS

The paper contains an overview of archival documents on the Mongolian historical and ethnographic expedition of the Academy of Sciences the USSR active in 1948-1949 from S. V. Kiselev's personal papers (Scientific Archives of the IA, RAS, Fund 122). They contain information on the history of archaeological investigations in Mongolia, field photographs and reporting documentation. The film ‘Antiquities of Mongolia' shot by the expedition participants is described separately. The film offers scenes of excavations at Karakorum, the Dzhargalanty cemetery, examination of the monuments of medieval epigraphics and ethnographic observations. The reviewed set of the documents and film copies is an important source for studying Mongolia's cultural heritage and the way archaeology was organized in the USSR.