P.M. YAZYkoV’s PALEontoLogICAL CoLLECtIon: sCIEntIFIC, CULtURAL AnD HIstoRICALsIgnIFICAnCE
In this article author describes paleontological collection, gathered by P. M. Yazykov, explores its scientific, cultural and historical significance. The researcher relied primarily on archival documents and materials deposited in the State Archives of the Ulyanovsk region, and museum collections of Mountain Military School of Saint Petersburg, as well as on a few historio- graphical predecessors’ developments.