MuseoMag: MuseoMag 2019_04

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Title:: A chapter on Russian history: The Centre de documentation sur la forteresse received a Russian researcher in the frame of the LSE Paulsen Fellowship

22 museomag 04 ‘ 2019 A CHAPTER ON RUSSIAN HISTORY THE CENTRE DE DOCUMENTATION SUR LA FORTERESSE RECEIVED A RUSSIAN RESEARCHER IN THE FRAME OF THE LSE PAULSEN FELLOWSHIP In summer 2019, a longstanding wish came true. I trav- elled to Luxembourg to research the Fonds Brigitte und Klaus Jordan, one of the most significant collections of fortification theory. Since the very moment of meeting Klaus Jordan in 2015, I kept hoping to see his splen- did collection one day. This precious fund is not widely known in the scientific world, thus remaining an un- discovered treasure. Over the last 40 years, the Ger- man couple Brigitte and Klaus Jordan have consciously replenished the collection, which was acquired by the Centre de documentation sur la forteresse de Luxem- bourg. A great chance to explore the Jordan Fund arose thanks to the Paulsen Programme at the London School of Economics and Political Science, funded by the Dr. Frederik Paulsen Foundation. I won the LSE Paulsen Fellowship to consult the Jordan Fund and to conduct research on The 18th century military urbanism on the Russian imperial borders in Siberia: circulation of knowl- edge on the European fortification theory. During my 6-weeks study, I had the valuable opportunity to an- alyse the collection and its priceless printed treatises and old rare manuscripts from the 16th-19th centuries. During this time, it became apparent that books from the Jordan Fund are related to Russian history, such as the Swedish military engineer Lang L. Lorentssen’s treatise Inlendning till fortificationen (Stockholm, 1737). On its spine sticks a damaged label the Cyrillic text of which reads in translation: “Most graciously granted by Her Majesty the Empress Catherine to the Imperial No- ble Land Cadet Corps Library”. ABOUT THE LAND NOBLE CADET CORPS LIBRARY The Land Noble Cadet Corps was established in St. Pe- tersburg in 1731 for the teaching of young aristocrats, including descendants of the German speaking Ostsee nobility. Future commanders of the Siberian border – Weyman, Springer, and presumably, Frauendorf – fea- ture prominently among the Corps’ graduates. In 1787, Empress Catherine II offered 7,000 books she acquired from General Eggers, former commander of Danzig, to the Corps. Since the books focus heavily on military Daria Shemelina: “An exciting moment of the research was the discovery of the possessory notes made by the Russian nobles in two old printed German-language treatises.“ © ralph lange

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