Gleb Yakovlev

Background

Gleb Yakovlev was born on April 16, 1876 in Voronezh, Russian Federation. He was from the family of an official.

Education

Since the fall of 1876 Gleb Yakovlev lived in the city of Ostrogozhsk. He graduated from the 5th classes of the Ostrogozhsk Gymnasium (1891), courses of the A.L. Shanyavsky on library science (1913).

Career

Gleb Yakovlev served in the office of the Ostrogozhsk District Zemstvo council (1892 - 1902). He was a teacher at the Lushnikov Zemstvo School (Ostrogozhsk District, since 1893).

In 1902 Gleb Yakovlev was arrested for possession of anti-government literature. He also worked at the Ostrogozhsk Public Library (1905 - 1914). He was the initiator of the creation of an Art Gallery in the city of Ostrogozhsk (1907). Since 1914, he worked simultaneously in the library and museum of local history (until 1929, he was the head of the museum and art gallery).

Gleb Yakovlev was a lecturer of astronomy at the Ostrogozhsk Pedagogical College (since 1921).

Gleb Yakovlev was unreasonably repressed in the so-called "case of local historians" (1931), was sentenced to 5 years in forced labor camps. He served his sentence in the Chibyu camp on the Ukhta River, was released in 1935.

Gleb Yakovlev worked in the Ostrogozhsk Museum (since 1935). During World War II, he prepared the evacuation of paintings and drawings from the museum collection. Since 1943 he was engaged in the reconstruction of the museum, the collection of wartime exhibits.

Gleb Yakovlev is the author of many newspaper publications, including articles on the history of the Resurrection Church in the Saguna settlement of Ostrogozhsk District (Voronezh Diocesan Journals, 1909. No. 12).

Membership

• Voronezh scientific archival Commission , Voronezh

• Voronezh Church Historical and Archaeological Committee , Voronezh