Abstract.The early period of the Russian Underwater archeology (XVIII – 1950-s) is described and analyzed.
Keywords: Russian Underwater archeology; history of archeology, L.P. Colli, B.V. Farmakovski, V.A. Gorodtsov, R.A. Orbelli.
Okorokov Alexandr Vasilievich.
Russian Institute for Cultural Research (Moscow),
e-mail: riku@dol.ru