Bylye Gody

11-18

Authors: Sergey I. Dyagtyarev

The article examines the set of actions, taken by the government of the Russian Empire in the first half of the ХVІІІ century, aimed at civil officers’ vocational training for their work in civil offices by means of establishment of the relevant educational institutions and legislative control.

24-28

Authors: Sergey S. Belousov

The article analyses administrative-territorial transformations within Pre-Caucasian Region in 1860, considers reasons and factors, caused the transformations, their consequences and government policy. The contribution is mainly based on archive materials, having been introduced into scientific use for the first time.

38-43

Authors: Andrey A. Panarin

The article is focused on the process of cooperation formation and development within North Caucasus in pre-revolutionary period, analyses major prerequisites for different types of cooperation and features of their development in different regions prior to the World War I. Special attention is attached to the coverage of credit and consumer’s cooperation activities. The contribution presents the information, concerning directions and results of cooperative organizations work, solution of cooperative movement development problems.

50-55

Authors: Dmitry A. Panarin

The article examines Kuban cereal farming in wartime, determines pre-occupation and post-occupation periods, having special features for cereal farming development. Special attention is attached to the use of mobilization facilities for field works in terms of desperate shortage of natural and human resources. The contribution covers the sowing and harvest campaigns progress and results, estimates the contribution of state farms to the solution of food problem in wartime.

62-70

Authors: Tatyana P. Khlynina

The article is focused on the search of contemporary historical community place in the world in terms of instability, considers individual and corporate strategies for retrospective study, analyses modern forms of historians’ professional community self-organization, raises the question of new possibilities of history as a social practice.

77-82

Authors: Nikita A. Kulikov

The article examines milestones of Students’ Research Laboratory of “Regional Studies through History” activities (Sochi State University) from the date of с момента foundation in 2005 through the present. Special attention is attached to major directions of publications activity.