From the Editor
The central theme of the issue is the agricultural development of Russia. The authors analyze the peasant economy during the pre-revolutionary period, grain collection policy in the 1930s, source problems of official statistics in the years of “stagnation”, the dynamics of agricultural production during the post-Soviet period, and the sociocultural appearance of the modern peasantry. A prominent place in the issue is occupied by analytical publications of archival documents representing from different viewpoints various aspects of historical development covered in these documents. The works in the section “Miscellanea” are devoted to relevant problems of Russian history. A number of messages inform readers about the events of scientific life in Siberia.
Agricultural Development of Russia in the Late 19th – Early 21st Century
V.N. Nikulin
Agriculture and Non-Farm Works in the Peasant Economy of the North-Western Village in the Late 19th – early 20th Centuries (Based on the Materials of the Luga District of St. Petersburg Governorate)
The article examines the state of the peasant farms of the Luga district of the capital’s governorate at the turn of the 19th–20th centuries; determines the correlation between agricultural occupations and rural non-farm works in the economy of peasant households. The author points out specific features of the use of male and female labor in agriculture and non-farm works.
Publishing: 31/10/2019
How to cite: Nikulin V.N. Agriculture and Non-Farm Works in the Peasant Economy of the North-Western Village in the Late 19th – early 20th Centuries (Based on the Materials of the Luga District of St. Petersburg Governorate) // Historical Courier, 2019, No 5 (7), pp. 4–18. [Available online:] http://istkurier.ru/data/2019/ISTKURIER-2019-5-01.pdf
Agricultural Development of Russia in the Late 19th – Early 21st Century
V.A. Il’inykh, V.B. Laperdin
Grain Collection Campaign of 1936/1937 in the West Siberian Region
The article focuses on a detailed reconstruction of the course and results of the grain collection campaign of 1936/37 in the West Siberian region. The topic was analyzed in the context of the agrarian policy of the Soviet state. It was found out that in 1936/37 the ruling regime eased pressure on the village. Grain supply rates were decreased and arrears were written off from collective farms.
Publishing: 31/10/2019
How to cite: Il’inykh V.A., Laperdin V.B. Grain Collection Campaign of 1936/1937 in the West Siberian Region // Historical Courier, 2019, No 5 (7), pp. 19–35. [Available online:] http://istkurier.ru/data/2019/ISTKURIER-2019-5-02.pdf
Agricultural Development of Russia in the Late 19th – Early 21st Century
D.S. Orlov
Dynamical Series of Agricultural Development in West Siberia in the Second Half of 1960s – First Half of the 1980s: Features of Historical Sources and Results of Construction
Author analyzes features of historical sources for constructing dynamical series of agricultural development in West Siberia in the second half of 1960s – first half of 1980s. Identification of main development trends of agricultural sector of economy, its sectoral, organizational and productive structure during the period under study is possible only on the basis of dynamical series of agricultural development.
Publishing: 31/10/2019
How to cite: Orlov D.S. Dynamical Series of Agricultural Development in West Siberia in the Second Half of 1960s – First Half of the 1980s: Features of Historical Sources and Results of Construction // Historical Courier, 2019, No 5 (7), pp. 36–47. [Available online:] http://istkurier.ru/data/2019/ISTKURIER-2019-5-03.pdf
Agricultural Development of Russia in the Late 19th – Early 21st Century
S.N. Andreenkov
Agricultural Production in Novosibirsk Region in the Late 20th – Early 21th Centuries: Factors and Dynamics of Transformatio
The basic aim of the article is to find out the impact of the agrarian reform of the 1990s on agricultural production. The main task is to identify changes in organizational and sectoral structures of agriculture in the Novosibirsk region, and to characterize dynamics of the main types of agricultural production in the region during 1991–2015.
Publishing: 31/10/2019
How to cite: Andreenkov S.N. Agricultural Production in Novosibirsk Region in the Late 20th – Early 21th Centuries: Factors and Dynamics of Transformatio // Historical Courier, 2019, No 5 (7), pp. 48–62. [Available online:] http://istkurier.ru/data/2019/ISTKURIER-2019-5-04.pdf
Agricultural Development of Russia in the Late 19th – Early 21st Century
S.I. Tolstov
Peasant way of Life: Survival and Self-Expression in the Contemporary Siberian Village
In the summer, 2017 the national study was carried out to ascertain changes in the behaviour of agricultural producers in the situation of food embargo. The sociological research in Asino district of Tomsk region was part of that study. It was based on the expert sociological interviewing the focus group of the people involved in agricultural production.
Publishing: 31/10/2019
How to cite: Tolstov S.I. Peasant way of Life: Survival and Self-Expression in the Contemporary Siberian Village // Historical Courier, 2019, No 5 (7), pp. 63–71. [Available online:] http://istkurier.ru/data/2019/ISTKURIER-2019-5-05.pdf
Open Archives
A.A. Nikolaev
Unrealized Version of Soft Collectivization of Dairy Industry: Gosplan on Situation in Butter-Making and its Perspectives (1929)
The published document contains version of the State Planning Commission on the causes of dysfunction of dairy farming and butter production on the eve of collectivization. On June 8, 1928, USSR STO instructed State Planning Commission to prepare report on the situation in dairy farming and dairy industry.
Publishing: 31/10/2019
How to cite: Nikolaev A.A. Unrealized Version of Soft Collectivization of Dairy Industry: Gosplan on Situation in Butter-Making and its Perspectives (1929) // Historical Courier, 2019, No 5 (7), pp. 72–82. [Available online:] http://istkurier.ru/data/2019/ISTKURIER-2019-5-06.pdf
Open Archives
M.A. Semenov
Documents of the Novosibirsk Archive on the Activities of the Red Cross in the Novosibirsk Region, 1941–1942 Years
The article introduces info scientific use a number of documents reflecting the activities of the Red cross in the Novosibirsk region in 1941–1942. They provide data about the main goals and tasks facing the Red Cross during the war, trace their evolution. The article shows the change in the number of Red Cross organizations during the war years, the impact of mobilization and migration processes on them.
Publishing: 31/10/2019
How to cite: Semenov M.A. Documents of the Novosibirsk Archive on the Activities of the Red Cross in the Novosibirsk Region, 1941–1942 Years // Historical Courier, 2019, No 5 (7), pp. 83–99. [Available online:] http://istkurier.ru/data/2019/ISTKURIER-2019-5-07.pdf
Open Archives
V.A. Il’inykh
Meat Production in Novosibirsk Region in 1980s (Analytical Note of Regional Department of Sstatistics)
The analytical note of the Novosibirsk regional department of statistics “On Production, procurement and provision of population with meat products” was identified in the funds of the Novosibirsk Regional State Archive. Its content is important for understanding of different features of agricultural development in the 1980s.
Publishing: 31/10/2019
How to cite: Il’inykh V.A. Meat Production in Novosibirsk Region in 1980s (Analytical Note of Regional Department of Sstatistics) // Historical Courier, 2019, No 5 (7), pp. 100–112. [Available online:] http://istkurier.ru/data/2019/ISTKURIER-2019-5-08.pdf
In First Person
V.V. Zhuravlev
“Symbol of Deliverance”: Representation of Counterrevolutionary Dictatorship in the Essays of S.A. Auslander About A.V. Kolchak (I)
This publication introduces seven first essays of the prominent writer, special correspondent of the Omsk newspaper Sibirskaya Rech S.A. Auslander, “In the Train of the Supreme Governor”.
Publishing: 31/10/2019
How to cite: Zhuravlev V.V. “Symbol of Deliverance”: Representation of Counterrevolutionary Dictatorship in the Essays of S.A. Auslander About A.V. Kolchak (I) // Historical Courier, 2019, No 5 (7), pp. 113–137. [Available online:] http://istkurier.ru/data/2019/ISTKURIER-2019-5-09.pdf
In First Person
R.E. Romanov
Passive Protest of Working Youth of Novosibirsk Region During the Great Patriotic War (“Letters to the Authorities”)
This article introduces in scientific circulation the “letters to the authorities”, written by a Komsomol member N.Z. Nechaeva (Tomsk) and by the students of the industrial school No. 3 (Novosibirsk), and discovered in the funds of the State Archive of the Novosibirsk Region (SAofNR).
Publishing: 31/10/2019
How to cite: Romanov R.E. Passive Protest of Working Youth of Novosibirsk Region During the Great Patriotic War (“Letters to the Authorities”) // Historical Courier, 2019, No 5 (7), pp. 138–146. [Available online:] http://istkurier.ru/data/2019/ISTKURIER-2019-5-10.pdf
Miscellanea
A.A. Brodnikov
On the Question of the Yenisei Ostyaks’ Origin
The article makes a short excursus to the history of one of the least numerous peoples of Siberia – Kets (Yenisei Ostyaks); traces the history of the first contacts of Russian service men with the Kets. At first, the Russian yasak collectors did not distinguish between the Ob Khanty, Narym Selkups and Yenisey Kets who belonged to a similar economic and cultural type.
Publishing: 31/10/2019
How to cite: Brodnikov A.A. On the Question of the Yenisei Ostyaks’ Origin // Historical Courier, 2019, No 5 (7), pp. 147–155. [Available online:] http://istkurier.ru/data/2019/ISTKURIER-2019-5-11.pdf
Miscellanea
I.P. Kamenetskiy
Crimean Tatars serving in Siberia in the 17th Century
The paper collects and summarizes scattered information about the Crimean Tatars, who came in a wide variety of ways to serve in Siberia in the early period of its development. It is shown that some of them voluntarily made “trips” to Moscow, where they were holding fairly high positions in the system of state administration and served in the army, while others were captured during the constant military conflicts between Crimea and Russia.
Publishing: 31/10/2019
How to cite: Kamenetskiy I.P. Crimean Tatars serving in Siberia in the 17th Century // Historical Courier, 2019, No 5 (7), pp. 156–163. [Available online:] http://istkurier.ru/data/2019/ISTKURIER-2019-5-12.pdf
Miscellanea
L.K. Ostrovsky
Activity of Polish Public Organizations in Siberia in 1917–1920
Polish public organizations started emerging in Russia after the February Revolution of 1917. In 1918, the Polish National Committee for Siberia and Russia (PNC) and the Polish Military Committee in Russia (PMC) were established. The PMC and the PNC sought to divide the spheres of activity between them, but there was serious disagreement between Polish organizations and unions in Siberia at the very beginning of their work.
Publishing: 31/10/2019
How to cite: Ostrovsky L.K. Activity of Polish Public Organizations in Siberia in 1917–1920 // Historical Courier, 2019, No 5 (7), pp. 164–175. [Available online:] http://istkurier.ru/data/2019/ISTKURIER-2019-5-13.pdf
Miscellanea
S.V. Sharapov
Impact of Shakhty Trial 1928 on the Status of “Bourgeois” Engineering and Technical Intelligentsia in the USSR
Shakhty trial of 1928 again raised the question of party and state’s attitude towards “bourgeois” intelligentsia. Accusation of “wrecking” made against a group of engineers and technicians in brought to the forefront of Soviet propaganda demand for political identification of intelligentsia with prevailing ideology and regime.
Publishing: 31/10/2019
How to cite: Sharapov S.V. Impact of Shakhty Trial 1928 on the Status of “Bourgeois” Engineering and Technical Intelligentsia in the USSR // Historical Courier, 2019, No 5 (7), pp. 176–186. [Available online:] http://istkurier.ru/data/2019/ISTKURIER-2019-5-14.pdf
![On Guard of the Eastern Borders. – Book Review: Dmitriev, A.V. (2017). Russkaya regulyarnaya armiya v Sibiri (1725–1796 gg.): osobennosti voennoi sluzhby na “vostochnoi okraine” Rossiyskoi imperii v XVIII stoletii [Russian Regular Army in Siberia (1725–1796): Features of Military Service on the “Eastern Outskirts”of the Russian Empire in the 18th Century]. Mocsow, Saint-Petersburg, Tsentr gumanitarnykh initsiativ. 528 p.](/en/../images/Data/2019-05/2019-5-15z.png "On Guard of the Eastern Borders. – Book Review: Dmitriev, A.V. (2017). Russkaya regulyarnaya armiya v Sibiri (1725–1796 gg.): osobennosti voennoi sluzhby na “vostochnoi okraine” Rossiyskoi imperii v XVIII stoletii [Russian Regular Army in Siberia (1725–1796): Features of Military Service on the “Eastern Outskirts”of the Russian Empire in the 18th Century]. Mocsow, Saint-Petersburg, Tsentr gumanitarnykh initsiativ. 528 p.")
World of Books
I.P. Kamenetskiy
On Guard of the Eastern Borders. – Book Review: Dmitriev, A.V. (2017). Russkaya regulyarnaya armiya v Sibiri (1725–1796 gg.): osobennosti voennoi sluzhby na “vostochnoi okraine” Rossiyskoi imperii v XVIII stoletii [Russian Regular Army in Siberia (1725–1796): Features of Military Service on the “Eastern Outskirts”of the Russian Empire in the 18th Century]. Mocsow, Saint-Petersburg, Tsentr gumanitarnykh initsiativ. 528 p.
Publishing: 31/10/2019
How to cite: Kamenetskiy I.P. On Guard of the Eastern Borders. – Book Review: Dmitriev, A.V. (2017). Russkaya regulyarnaya armiya v Sibiri (1725–1796 gg.): osobennosti voennoi sluzhby na “vostochnoi okraine” Rossiyskoi imperii v XVIII stoletii [Russian Regular Army in Siberia (1725–1796): Features of Military Service on the “Eastern Outskirts”of the Russian Empire in the 18th Century]. Mocsow, Saint-Petersburg, Tsentr gumanitarnykh initsiativ. 528 p. // Historical Courier, 2019, No 5 (7), pp. 187–191. [Available online:] http://istkurier.ru/data/2019/ISTKURIER-2019-5-15.pdf
Scientific Life
T.A. Kiskidosova
VI International Scientific Conference “Nations and Cultures of Sayano-Altai and Neighboring Territories”
Publishing: 31/10/2019
How to cite: Kiskidosova T.A. VI International Scientific Conference “Nations and Cultures of Sayano-Altai and Neighboring Territories” // Historical Courier, 2019, No 5 (7), pp. 192–195. [Available online:] http://istkurier.ru/data/2019/ISTKURIER-2019-5-16.pdf
Scientific Life
L.L. Mehrishvili, V.P. Karpov
International Scientific Conference “Tyumen Region: Historical Retrospective, Realities of the Present, Contours of the Future”
Publishing: 31/10/2019
How to cite: Mehrishvili L.L., Karpov V.P. International Scientific Conference “Tyumen Region: Historical Retrospective, Realities of the Present, Contours of the Future” // Historical Courier, 2019, No 5 (7), pp. 196–198. [Available online:] http://istkurier.ru/data/2019/ISTKURIER-2019-5-17.pdf
Scientific Life
N.A. Kupershtokh, E.V. Komleva
Siberian Historical Forum (Krasnoyarsk, October 23-25, 2019)
Publishing: 31/10/2019
How to cite: Kupershtokh N.A., Komleva E.V. Siberian Historical Forum (Krasnoyarsk, October 23-25, 2019) // Historical Courier, 2019, No 5 (7), pp. 199–206. [Available online:] http://istkurier.ru/data/2019/ISTKURIER-2019-5-18.pdf
Scientific Life
A.A. Brodnikov
400 Years of Yeniseisk (the View of a Native of the City)
Publishing: 31/10/2019
How to cite: Brodnikov A.A. 400 Years of Yeniseisk (the View of a Native of the City) // Historical Courier, 2019, No 5 (7), pp. 207–214. [Available online:] http://istkurier.ru/data/2019/ISTKURIER-2019-5-19.pdf