To the 150th Anniversary of the Birth of Boris Vladimirovich Farmakovsky
The article is devoted to the biography of B. V. Farmakovsky (1870-1928), whose role in the development of Russian archeology is very important. He was educated at the University of Odessa, then worked at the Russian Archaeological Institute in Constantinople. After returning from Turkey B. V. Farmakovsky was admitted to the Imperial Archaeological Commission and in 1901 began systematic excavations of Olbia. After the October Revolution, he became one of the organizers of Soviet archaeological science. In 1924, the Olbia expedition led by B. V. Farmakovsky resumed its work