The article, which is written on the basis of previously unpublished archival data, examines the scientific activities of the Department of History and Archaeology of the Crimean branch of the USSR Academy of Sciences in 1950–1953, including personnel, main areas of work, expeditions. This period in the history of Crimean academic archeology is largely due to the struggle against the so-called “teachings of N. Ya. Marr”. The scientific activities of this structural unit are being considered for the first time.
