Sources on the History of Spiritual Culture of Russia of the 16th – 20th Centuries
From the Editor
The history of the spiritual culture of Russia is one of the most popular topics in the research of domestic and foreign humanities. In this issue, the main attention is traditionally paid to various types of written historical and literary sources on this topic, covering the period from the late Middle Ages and almost to the present day. We understand spiritual culture in its broadest interpretation – as various manifestations of the spiritual life of a person and society, including knowledge, ideas, worldview, beliefs, beliefs and embodied in various monuments of human activity. To cover all the components of spiritual culture in one issue of our magazine is an unaffordable task. The authors of the articles devoted their research to a narrower range of scientific problems, primarily related to the reflection of spiritual life in written monuments on the history of the Russian Orthodox Church of the 16th–20th centuries and Old Believers. But not only the problems of the history and culture of Russian Orthodoxy in their various variants and manifestations have become the subject of study in published articles. The results of the research of scientific materials of academic and government expeditions to Siberia in the 18th century, periodicals of the 20th century and the features of the reflection in it of various historical events and phenomena, the problems of mastering and scientific publication of the memoir heritage of the Decembrist movement are also presented. A significant place in the issue is devoted to the works of young scientists and graduate students. The articles offered to the reader are combined in this issue of the journal into the following thematic sections: “Sources on the history of the Russian Orthodox Church”, “Sources on the history of Old Believers”, “Materials of academic and government expeditions of the 18th century”, “Periodicals as a historical source”, “Memoir sources”.
Sources on the History of the Russian Orthodox Church
F. Romoli
Cultures in Dialogue: A Portal for Maximus the Greek
Studies on Maximus the Greek have a long and established tradition. Research on him, however, has yet to profit from transition into the digital realm. This led to the idea of a dedicated portal, the project of which is presented here. It will be a trilingual, Italian-Russian-English, portal that will make the published works of Maximus the Greek and their translations into modern European languages freely accessible. Thanks to specific digital mapping, it will constitute an advanced tool for the study of his writings and activities, especially in the realm of the role played by humanistic culture and the values of Humanism. Due to its characteristics, the portal will represent a space open to both international and interdisciplinary dialogue. After outlining a brief status studiorum, the author describes the phases in the realisation of the portal, its structure and composition, the methodology adopted, the innovative aspects of the project and its potential for development.
Publishing: 28/02/2023
How to cite: Romoli F. Cultures in Dialogue: A Portal for Maximus the Greek // Historical Courier, 2023, No. 2 (28), pp. 13–21. [Available online: http://istkurier.ru/data/2023/ISTKURIER-2023-2-01.pdf]
Sources on the History of the Russian Orthodox Church
I.L. Mankova
Sources for Studying the Ritual Practices of the Orthodox Population of Western Siberia in the 17th Century: Pilgrimages to Holy Places
The study of the phenomenon of pilgrimages to holy places is important for characterizing the religiosity of the Siberian first settlers. The objective limitation of the source base of the study actualizes the search for information in the documents of the prikaz records, preserved in the archives (RGADA, Archive of the St. Petersburg Institute of History of the RAS). The article defines the range of possible sources and considers their information resources. The complex of secular documents necessary for the pilgrimage was reconstructed. The records in the customs books, which recorded the movement of pilgrims through customs, were analyzed. The search for information in the census books and judicial investigation cases was carried out. In general, 56 certificates of pilgrimages were found. They contain information about the social status and place of residence of pilgrims, the time of the pilgrimage, modes of movement and routes. A list of holy places in the European part of Russia, to which Siberians went, has been determined. Firstly, these were places associated with the exploits of the miracle-working saints, where their relics were located. Secondly, these are the places where miraculous and revealed icons were located. These were both widely known and revered only by local communities in the Russian North and in the Kama region. The main Siberian shrine was the Abalak Icon of the Mother of God, and visiting local monasteries was an integral part of the ritual practices of the Siberians.
Publishing: 28/02/2023
How to cite: Mankova I.L. Sources for Studying the Ritual Practices of the Orthodox Population of Western Siberia in the 17th Century: Pilgrimages to Holy Places // Historical Courier, 2023, No. 2 (28), pp. 22–34. [Available online: http://istkurier.ru/data/2023/ISTKURIER-2023-2-02.pdf]
Sources on the History of the Russian Orthodox Church
N.V. Sokolova
On the Problem of Coexistence of Manuscripts and Printed Books among the Provincial Clergy at the Turn of the 17th–18th Centuries
The article is devoted to some aspects of existence of Cyrillic books among the provincial clergy. Descriptions of Patriarch's estates in 13 uyezds of European Russia (1701–1703) include inventories of 55 church book collections. An analysis of a random sample of 1002 handwritten and printed codices showed that at the beginning of the 18th century, “coexistence” of manuscripts and printed books continued, despite the widespread prevalence of the latter. The article studies the repertoire of manuscripts in rural churches and publishes the book inventories from the churches of the villages of Matyushevo, Rabotki and Yarymovo in the Nizhny Novgorod and Murom uezds.
Publishing: 28/02/2023
How to cite: Sokolova N.V. On the Problem of Coexistence of Manuscripts and Printed Books among the Provincial Clergy at the Turn of the 17th–18th Centuries // Historical Courier, 2023, No. 2 (28), pp. 35–48 . [Available online: http://istkurier.ru/data/2023/ISTKURIER-2023-2-03.pdf]
Sources on the History of the Russian Orthodox Church
S.Y. Akishin
The Opinion of Associate Professor of the Kiev Theological Academy A.A. Dmitrievsky on the Program of Liturgics for Theological Seminaries of 1869
The article introduces into scientific circulation an unknown text, written by the outstanding Russian liturgist Alexey Dmitrievsky, – his comments on the program on Liturgics for 1869. A. Dmitrievsky was among the seven subject teachers, who gave their feedback on the program and made a number of critical comments. The changes and additions proposed by the scientist were accepted for the most part and affected the content of the new program on Liturgics, created in 1885 and determined the scope, sequence of topics and direction of teaching the discipline in all theological seminaries of the Russian Empire from the 1886/1887 academic year until 1906.
Publishing: 28/02/2023
How to cite: Akishin S.Yu. The Opinion of Associate Professor of the Kiev Theological Academy A.A. Dmitrievsky on the Program of Liturgics for Theological Seminaries of 1869 // Historical Courier, 2023, No. 2 (28), pp. 49–58. [Available online: http://istkurier.ru/data/2023/ISTKURIER-2023-2-04.pdf]
Sources on the History of the Russian Orthodox Church
A.L. Beglov
Archive of Secret Monastic Communities of the Vysoko-Petrovsky Monastery: Formation History and Composition
The article provides an overview of the archive of secret monastic communities that arose in the 1920s in the Moscow Vysoko-Petrovsky Monastery. The archive is a large documentary collection created by the believers themselves and covering the life of the largest secret monastic community of the Soviet period known to us today. The archive has a complex structure since its parts characterize the activities of various spiritual mentors. The archive consisted of several personal documentary collections of members of the Petrovsky community, which, however, are closely interrelated. The core of this collection consists of the sayings of spiritual mentors (startsy) preserved in various forms (letters, collections of sayings, paterik). The content of the documents of the Vysoko-Petrovsky archive is primarily ascetic. This is consistent with the task set by the fathers of the Vysoko-Petrovsky Monastery, who sought to preserve the monastic tradition even in conditions of persecution.
Publishing: 28/02/2023
How to cite: Beglov A.L. Archive of Secret Monastic Communities of the Vysoko-Petrovsky Monastery: Formation History and Composition // Historical Courier, 2023, No. 2 (28), pp. 59–73. [Available online: http://istkurier.ru/data/2023/ISTKURIER-2023-2-05.pdf]
Sources on the History of the Old Believers
E.V. Belyakova
The Place of the Printed Kormchaia in the Formation of the Ideology of the Old Believers
The article shows how the publication of the Printed Kormchaia influenced the formation of the ideology and discourse of the opponents of the Church reform of the 17th century. It examines the significance of the Tale about the Establishment of the Patriarchate for the opponents of the reform. It is shown how the Kormchaia made it possible to substantiate the immutability of the Tale, as well as the definition of the concept of “heretic”. It is traced how the “legalistic” approach was formed and how it made it possible to prove the illegality of the cruel persecution of the Old Believers and led to the demand for changes in Russian legislation.
Publishing: 28/02/2023
How to cite: Belyakova E.V. The Place of the Printed Kormchaia in the Formation of the Ideology of the Old Believers // Historical Courier, 2023, No. 2 (28), pp.74–90. [Available online: http://istkurier.ru/data/2023/ISTKURIER-2023-2-06.pdf]
Sources on the History of the Old Believers
L.V. Titova
“Praise to His Holiness Patriarch Nikon” and “On the Antichrist” – Dialogue of Texts by Ideological Opponents
Two little-known journalistic monuments of the 17th century are published. “Memoirs to Patriarch Nikon” and “On the Antichrist”, which are a kind of dialogue between the texts of ideological opponents. On the one hand, “Praise to Patriarch Nikon” by an unknown author, an adherent of the official church, striving to elevate the patriarch by comparing him with God, on the other – the Old Believer's work “On the Antichrist”, which is a response to “Praise”. The anonymous Old Believer writer aims to completely debunk the image of the ideal church hierarch. Both of these texts are of significant interest to the history of the Old Believers: the Old Believer essay on the anti-Christ gives an idea of forming the idea of the anti-Christ essence of Patriarch Nikon among the first generation of opponents of church reform. The publication was carried out according to the text published by Ya.L. Barskov, subtracted and corrected according to the only manuscript that preserved these texts (RGADA, f. 27 Order of secret affairs, d. 578–579). The texts are accompanied by historical and literary commentary.
The article was made on the topic of the state assignment “Memory of the Past in Written Sources of the 16th–20th Centuries: Updating Events, Broadcasting Cultural Traditions, Research Practices” (FWZM-2021-0005).
Publishing: 28/02/2023
How to cite: Titova L.V. “Praise to His Holiness Patriarch Nikon” and “On the Antichrist” – Dialogue of Texts by Ideological Opponents // Historical Courier, 2023, No. 2 (28), pp. 91–96. [Available online: http://istkurier.ru/data/2023/ISTKURIER-2023-2-07.pdf]
Sources on the History of the Old Believers
L.D. Demidova
Early Version of the Life of Monk Epiphanii and the Petition of Monk Avraamii
The article is devoted to the discovery of a previously unknown fragment of the petition of the monk Avraamii (1670) in the manuscript of RSL Department of manuscripts, f. 17, Barsov coll., No. 654 (late 18 century). Analyzing this text and comparing it with the preface from the early edition of the Life of the monk Epiphanii, which is in the same manuscript, the author concludes that neither of the passages are authorial, but were compiled by a later editor. Such an observation is quite typical for the Petition of Avraamii, whose handwritten history is extremely diverse, but is of greater interest for the history of the work of Epiphanii, the early edition of which is known in a single list and is considered the author's.
The article was made on the topic of the state assignment “Memory of the Past in Written Sources of the 16th–20th Centuries: Updating Events, Broadcasting Cultural Traditions, Research Practices” (FWZM-2021-0005).
Publishing: 28/02/2023
How to cite: Demidova L.D. Early Version of the Life of Monk Epiphanii and the Petition of Monk Avraamii // Historical Courier, 2023, No. 2 (28), pp. 97–107. [Available online: http://istkurier.ru/data/2023/ISTKURIER-2023-2-08.pdf]
Sources on the History of the Old Believers
T.V. Panich
Leaders of the Ural-Siberian Old Believers in the “Siberian Epistles” by Ignatius (Rimsky-Korsakov)
The article examines the features of the author's depiction of the leaders and ideologists of the Old Believers of the Trans-Urals in the text of the “Siberian Epistles” of Metropolitan Ignatius (Rimsky-Korsakov) of Tobolsk; the techniques and literary means of their description are revealed; the nature of the attitude of the author of the messages to the leaders of the Ural-Siberian anti-church protest and their teachings is analyzed.
The article was made on the topic of the state assignment “Memory of the Past in Written Sources of the 16th–20th Centuries: Updating Events, Broadcasting Cultural Traditions, Research Practices” (FWZM-2021-0005).
Publishing: 28/02/2023
How to cite: Panich T.V. Leaders of the Ural-Siberian Old Believers in the “Siberian Epistles” by Ignatius (Rimsky-Korsakov) // Historical Courier, 2023, No. 2 (28), pp. 108–116. [Available online: http://istkurier.ru/data/2023/ISTKURIER-2023-2-09.pdf]
Sources on the History of the Old Believers
T.F. Volkova
To the Reconstruction of the Family Book Collection of the Ust-Tsilma Peasants Bulygins
The article deals with the materials of records on the manuscript books of the Pechora life, made by representatives of the Ust-Tsilma peasant family of the Bulygins. The study revealed 12 names of representatives of this family, who were directly related to a number of ancient books now stored in the IRLI (Pushkin House) of the Russian Academy of Sciences and the Scientific Library of Syktyvkar University. An analysis of these materials allows us to conclude that the Ust-Tsilems people Bulygins were involved in the preservation of the Pechora manuscript and book tradition.
Publishing: 28/02/2023
How to cite: Volkova T.F. To the Reconstruction of the Family Book Collection of the Ust-Tsilma Peasants Bulygins // Historical Courier, 2023, No. 2 (28), pp. 117–128. [Available online: http://istkurier.ru/data/2023/ISTKURIER-2023-2-10.pdf]
Sources on the History of the Old Believers
A.A. Kryukova
“Theodora’s Walking Through the Air Ordeals” as Part of the Pechora Lists of the “Life of Basil the New”
The article is devoted to the study of “Theodora’s Walking through the air ordeals”, one of the eschatological visions read as part of the “Life of Basil the New”. The author conducted a plot-compositional and textual analysis of the Pechora lists of “Walking”; identified the features of the compositional construction of this vision, and also determined to which of the editions of the “Life of Basil the New” the Pechora lists belong and to which protographs they can ascend.
Publishing: 28/02/2023
How to cite: Kryukova A.A. “Theodora’s Walking Through the Air Ordeals” as Part of the Pechora Lists of the “Life of Basil the New” // Historical Courier, 2023, No. 2 (28), pp. 129–141. [Available online: http://istkurier.ru/data/2023/ISTKURIER-2023-2-11.pdf]
Sources on the History of the Old Believers
I.Y. Semenyakina
The Structural Features of the Late 19th Century Old-Believer Manuscript from the Collection of the Bianki Regional Museum of Biysk
The aim of the article is to study the structural features of the convolute manuscript collection kept in the Bianki Regional Museum in the city of Biysk, exhibit number 15282. The article analyses of the structure of the manuscript which dates back to the second half of the 19th century, shows the sources used by its author and describes the specific features of the compiler's work with them. The manuscript composition is analysed in detail and its general subjects are defined. Finally, the conclusion is made that the manuscript creator used some eschatological texts and included some edifying extracts. The manuscript in itself has an elaborate concept and a distinct composition including an introduction and two basic parts preceded by Old and New Testament quotations.
The article was made on the topic of the state assignment “Memory of the Past in Written Sources of the 16th–20th Centuries: Updating Events, Broadcasting Cultural Traditions, Research Practices” (FWZM-2021-0005).
Publishing: 28/02/2023
How to cite: Semenyakina I.Yu. The Structural Features of the Late 19th Century Old-Believer Manuscript from the Collection of the Bianki Regional Museum of Biysk // Historical Courier, 2023, No. 2 (28), pp. 142–150. [Available online: http://istkurier.ru/data/2023/ISTKURIER-2023-2-12.pdf]
Sources on the History of the Old Believers
V.A. Esipova
On the Question of Old Russian Hagiographies in the Composition of Late Old Believer Manuscripts
The article considers the variants of the existence of hagiographic texts in the late Old Believer written tradition by the example of the life of Princess Olga. The aim of the work was to identify the texts of Olga’s life as part of the Old Believers manuscripts of the 19–20 centuries, stored in Siberian collections. As a result, three texts of the life of Princess Olga were discovered: two – as part of the Tomsk State University Research Library, one – as part of Elfimov collection of Tumen State University. It is shown that the first two copies are the text of the life of Olga from the Prologue (lengthy redaction) with some discrepancies. The copy from Tyumen State University is an extract from life of Olga, located in the Book of Degrees. The analysis of discrepancies showed that in its text there are readings both from the Tomsk copy of the Book of Degrees (short redaction) and from Piskarevsky (lengthy redaction).
The work was carried out with the financial support of the Russian Science Foundation, project No. 22-28-00742.
Publishing: 28/02/2023
How to cite: Esipova V.A. On the Question of Old Russian Hagiographies in the Composition of Late Old Believer Manuscripts // Historical Courier, 2023, No. 2 (28), pp. 151–159. [Available online: http://istkurier.ru/data/2023/ISTKURIER-2023-2-13.pdf]
Sources on the History of the Old Believers
P.I. Mangilev, S.V. Novikov
Letters of the Old Believers to Bishop Irinei of Yekaterinburg and Irbit as a Source on the History of the Mission among the Old Believers
The article notes that the history of the mission of the Orthodox Russian Church among the Old Believers has not been studied enough and is a promising area of research. An essay published on a hectograph in Yekaterinburg is analyzed: “Several letters sent in August and September 1901 by the Old Believers to His Grace Irenei, Bishop of Yekaterinburg and Irbit”. Conflict situations related to the activities of anti-schismatic missions in the Perm and Yekaterinburg dioceses are considered. Analysis of these situations shows that within the Russian Orthodox Church there were different approaches to missionary activity: on the one hand, preference was given to administrative and police methods, on the other, emphasis was placed on dialogue. It is noted that missionaries have made a great contribution to the study of the history and ideology of the Old Believers. The article reconstructs the biographies of the anti-schismatic missionaries.
Publishing: 28/02/2023
How to cite: Mangilev P.I., Novikov S.V. Letters of the Old Believers to Bishop Irinei of Yekaterinburg and Irbit as a Source on the History of the Mission among the Old Believers // Historical Courier, 2023, No. 2 (28), pp. 151–171. [Available online: http://istkurier.ru/data/2023/ISTKURIER-2023-2-14.pdf]
Sources on the History of the Old Believers
N.A. Starukhin
Resolutions of the Old Believers-Titovtsy of the 20th – Early 21st Centuries and Their Sources
The article introduces into scientific circulation the sources obtained in the course of field research in one of the little-studied Old Believers' concordances of Siberia – Titovites. The accord was named after its main leader, a native of Perm peasants and a former chapel Titus Tarasovich Vygvintsev. From the entire array of sources obtained in recent years by Siberian archeographers, two directly related documents are published: “Testament of the Brotherhood with Titus Tarasovich” and “Conciliar resolution of the Old Believers of Titus Consent” 2005. The “Testament” dated April 4, 1903, is by far the earliest source on the history of consent.
The article was made on the topic of the state assignment “Memory of the Past in Written Sources of the 16th–20th Centuries: Updating Events, Broadcasting Cultural Traditions, Research Practices” (FWZM-2021-0005).
Publishing: 28/02/2023
How to cite: Starukhin N.A. Resolutions of the Old Believers-Titovtsy of the 20th – Early 21st Centuries and Their Sources // Historical Courier, 2023, No. 2 (28), pp. 172–191. [Available online: http://istkurier.ru/data/2023/ISTKURIER-2023-2-15.pdf]
Materials of Academic and Government Expeditions of the 18th Century
L.D. Bondar
Siberian Lessons of the Indian Language: on the History of D.G. Messerschmidt’s Study of Oriental Languages in the Expedition of 1719–1727
The article presents one of the aspects of the activity of the first researcher of Siberia D.G. Messerschmidt during his scientific journey of 1719–1727 – the learning of Indian languages. Based on the evidence of D.G. Messerschmidt's travel journal, the history of his study of Indian languages and writing, carried out mainly in 1724–1725 under the mentoring of an Indian merchant from Delhi Parasotamagire, who lived in Irkutsk, is reconstructed.
Publishing: 28/02/2023
How to cite: Bondar L.D. Siberian Lessons of the Indian Language: on the History of D.G. Messerschmidt’s Study of Oriental Languages in the Expedition of 1719–1727 // Historical Courier, 2023, No. 2 (28), pp. 192–207. [Available online: http://istkurier.ru/data/2023/ISTKURIER-2023-2-16.pdf]
Materials of Academic and Government Expeditions of the 18th Century
I.A. Shipilov
Works and Materials on Ethnography of the Peoples of Siberia by the Participants of the 18th Century Academic and Government Expeditions and the Dual Paradigm “Сivilization – Barbarism”: Pro et Contra
The article provides a complex analysis of ethnographic works and materials of participants of the Russian academic and government expeditions of the 18th century to Siberia in the optics of the dual paradigm “civilization – barbarism”. The authors hows role of Russian travelers in the revision and evidence of the failure of the dual opposition in the study of Siberian ethnic groups, who were at different civilizational levels during the visit by expeditions and are capable of changing them as a result of intercultural exchange and education, is shown. It is concluded that the principle of unity in diversity has become and is the flagship of Russia's development, and its vast expanses with a multinational and multicultural population are historical determinants of the uneven dynamics of regions.
The article was made on the topic of the state assignment “Memory of the Past in Written Sources of the 16th–20th Centuries: Updating Events, Broadcasting Cultural Traditions, Research Practices” (FWZM-2021-0005).
Publishing: 28/02/2023
How to cite: Shipilov I.A. Works and Materials on Ethnography of the Peoples of Siberia by the Participants of the 18th Century Academic and Government Expeditions and the Dual Paradigm “Сivilization – Barbarism”: Pro et Contra // Historical Courier, 2023, No. 2 (28), pp. 208–223. [Available online: http://istkurier.ru/data/2023/ISTKURIER-2023-2-17.pdf]
Periodic Printing as a Historical Source
A.V. Yasudis
Representations of the First World War in Women’s Illustrated Magazines of the Russian Empire
The article deals with peculiar features of the First World War representation in women’s illustrated magazines: “Zhenschina” (“The Woman”), “Zhurnal dlya Khozyaek” (“The Magazine for Housewives”), “Zhenskiy mir” (“Ladies’ World”), “Zhenskoe delo” (“Women’s Stuff”). It was defined that women’s magazines presented a variety of publications related to the First World War, highlighting the most topical issues. The author shows that the most significant topics studied in the publications are a change in women’s gender role during the war, war and children, prisoners of war, help to the front, the work of the Red Cross, disabled soldiers, heroes of the front.
Publishing: 28/02/2023
How to cite: Yasudis A.V. Representations of the First World War in Women’s Illustrated Magazines of the Russian Empire // Historical Courier, 2023, No. 2 (28), pp. 224–234. [Available online: http://istkurier.ru/data/2023/ISTKURIER-2023-2-18.pdf]
Periodic Printing as a Historical Source
V.V. Pervushin
The Image of the Russian Orthodox Church in the Pravda Newspaper in 1920
This paper presents the study aimed to characterize the image of the Orthodox Church based on the materials from “Pravda” in 1920. Consideration is given to the semantic content of the image of the Church, the methods of its construction, and the forms of its representation. The study reveals that although the Party proclaimed a tolerant attitude toward the Church, “Pravda” was used to form a rather negative attitude toward the Church, and an image of a priest, endowed with negative qualities and comprehensible to a wide circle of readers, was commonly used for that purpose.
The article was made on the topic of the state assignment “Memory of the Past in Written Sources of the 16th–20th Centuries: Updating Events, Broadcasting Cultural Traditions, Research Practices” (FWZM-2021-0005).
Publishing: 28/02/2023
How to cite: Pervushin V.V. The Image of the Russian Orthodox Church in the Pravda Newspaper in 1920 // Historical Courier, 2023, No. 2 (28), pp. 235–242. [Available online: http://istkurier.ru/data/2023/ISTKURIER-2023-2-19.pdf]
Periodic Printing as a Historical Source
S.S. Boyko
Anti-Religious Propaganda on the Pages in the Magazine “Krasnaya Sibiryachka” (1920–1930s)
The article is devoted to the antireligious propaganda of the Soviet power in magazine “Krasnaya Sibiryachka” in 1920–1930s. The author analyzes reasons for the magazine's creation and emphasizes the importance of involving women in the process of socialistic society building which was connected with refusal from religious outlook. The author of the article provides a brief survey of existing studies devoted to the journal and various aspects of the articles it publishes. The article identifies the main genres of antireligious propaganda. A conclusion is drawn about the predominantly anti-clerical and crude nature of the anti-religious propaganda, the gradual change in the rhetoric of the magazine from more tolerant and diverse in content to more intransigent and directed towards social hatred, and the dependence of editorial policy on the current political interests of the authorities.
The article was made on the topic of the state assignment “Memory of the Past in Written Sources of the 16th–20th Centuries: Updating Events, Broadcasting Cultural Traditions, Research Practices” (FWZM-2021-0005).
Publishing: 28/02/2023
How to cite: Boyko S.S. Anti-Religious Propaganda on the Pages in the Magazine “Krasnaya Sibiryachka” (1920–1930s) // Historical Courier, 2023, No. 2 (28), pp. 243–256. [Available online: http://istkurier.ru/data/2023/ISTKURIER-2023-2-20.pdf]
Memoir Sources
P.V. Ilyin
Publication of the Memoir Heritage of Participants of the Decembrists Movement: Periodization, Some Results and Perspectives
In contrast to the existing reviews of archaeographic works in the field of Decembrist studies (R.G. Eymontova and others), the published article for the first time specifically considers the process of publishing Decembrist memoirs, its features and results in the pre-revolutionary, Soviet and modern periods. The author takes into account the memories left not only by those subjected to trial, but also by other categories of Decembrists (punished without trial, escaped punishment, not involved in the investigation). For the first time, an attempt is made to periodize the primary archaeographic assimilation of memoir texts and the subsequent preparation of scientific publications. The main results of the publishing tradition are shown, the great contribution made by the Decembrist scholars to the corpus of published memoirs, the reasons why a significant part of the Decembrist memoirs still do not have a scientific publication are considered, and promising directions for further publishing work are identified.
Publishing: 28/02/2023
How to cite: Ilyin P.V. Publication of the Memoir Heritage of Participants of the Decembrists Movement: Periodization, Some Results and Perspectives // Historical Courier, 2023, No. 2 (28), pp. 257–273. [Available online: http://istkurier.ru/data/2023/ISTKURIER-2023-2-21.pdf]
The World of the Book
V.M. Rynkov
A Review of a Book: Razdorskiy A.I. Printed Most Faithful Reports of Viseroys, Governor-Generals, Governors, Town Governors in the Russian Empire. 1845–1916. Cumulative Book Catalogue. St. Petersburg: Dmitriy Bulanin, 2020. 976 p.
The review of a bibliographical publication, written by A.I. Razdorskii, an employee of National Library of Russia. At the moment, the most complete information about the most essential resource on Russian history in 1845–1916 is presented in the reviewed cumulative book catalogue. The compiler carried out large preparatory work on eliciting of manuscript and printed copies of the most faithful reports, analysis of experience of reports bibliographing, summed up their study in Russian historiography during more than a century, made a further detailed source and archaeographic analysis, formed onto groups and statistically worked out massive bibliographical material. The accomplished work allowed to systematize a significant complex of printed most faithful reports of posadniks, governor-generals, governors, town governors of the Russian Empire over a long period of existing, describe in details some copies of printed reports, elicited in various archives and libraries, define and emphasize in the catalogue existing lacunae.
Publishing: 28/02/2023
How to cite: Rynkov V.M. A Review of a Book: Razdorskiy A.I. Printed Most Faithful Reports of Viseroys, Governor-Generals, Governors, Town Governors in the Russian Empire. 1845–1916. Cumulative Book Catalogue. St. Petersburg: Dmitriy Bulanin, 2020. 976 p. // Historical Courier, 2023, No. 2 (28), pp. 274–277. [Available online: http://istkurier.ru/data/2022/ISTKURIER-2023-2-22.pdf]
Scientific Life
E.V. Komleva
“The Path of Posterity to the Memory of Your Virtuous Exploits will not Overgrow...”: Conference in Memory of Mikhail Konstantinovich Sidorov
The article presents a brief report on the scientific conference held on March 29, 2023 in Novosibirsk in memory of Mikhail Konstantinovich Sidorov (1823–1887), a merchant, an outstanding researcher of the northern territories of Siberia and Arkhangelsk province, who made great efforts to search for passage through the Arctic Ocean and the discovery of the Northern Sea Route. The main organizers of the event were the Institute of History of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences and the Institute of Economics and Industrial Production of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, in addition to which the forum was supported by twelve scientific, educational, educational and local history institutions. Among the participants were representatives of different regions of Russia: from the Arkhangelsk region to Yakutia. Special attention was paid to the discussion of historical and modern aspects of public-private partnership in the field of development of remote and remote territories. The conference highlights the importance of many bold initiatives of M.K. Sidorov, which have not lost their relevance at the beginning of the 21st century.
Publishing: 28/02/2023
Scientific Life
Congratulations to Lev Mikhailovich Dameshek on his anniversary!
In April 2023 celebrated the 75th anniversary by a brilliant scientist, a major specialist in the history of Siberia, an expert on the evolution and essence of ethnic processes and management, the author of numerous books and articles, a talented teacher who has brought up many generations of students, a deeply decent, broad-minded and versatile interests person – Doctor of Historical Sciences, Professor, Head of the Department of National History of Irkutsk State University, Merited Scientist of Russian Federation Lev Mikhailovich Dameshek.
Publishing: 28/02/2023