Personal Archive Fund of S.S. Aydarov (1928–2014)

Abstract

The paper describes the personal archive fund of a famous architect, author of a number of studies on the architecture of Volga Bolgaria and Khan's Kazan, author of restoration projects for architectural monuments: Bilyar, Bolgar fortified settlements, Sviyazhsk, Kazan Kremlin. The fund (No. 18) consists of 8 inventories. Inventory 1 includes study materials: materials for theses, scientific publications, as well as materials on the Bolgars, Sviyazhsk, Kazan and the Kazan Kremlin. Inventory 2 reveals S.S. Aydarov s scientific and organi­zational activities: research work at Kazan State University of Architecture and Engineering , reports of the research and production restoration workshop, documents related to the development of the General Plan of Kazan, development of the Republican Humanitarian Innovative Program “Borders of the Republic of Ta­tarstan - the Historical Boulevard of Kazan”, as well as conference materials, documents related to teaching activities: student lectures, graduation projects, thesis reviews. Inventory 3 contains biographical materials: characteristics, awards, diplomas, certificates of honor. Inventory 4 consists of correspondence. Inventory 5 features visual materials represented by drawings of architectural monuments. Inventory 6 consists of materi­als by others students of S.S. Aydarov, and extracts from literature about Kazan. Inventory 7 is represented by various documents: newspaper extracts, notebooks with notes, synopses on architecture. Inventory 8 contains materials about S.S. Aydarov, such as articles, and materials about his family.

Keywords

• architecture
• personal collection
• bolgars
• sviyazhsk
• kazan
• kazan kremlin