Russkii Arkhiv

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Authors: Nikolay A. Trapsh

The article analyzes promising research approaches related to the sequential translation of archival documents into digital format, transforming traditional source-study concepts. The selected issues did not receive full and comprehensive coverage in the national historiography, which turned mainly to the technical aspects of documentary digitalization. The author's concept is based on the basic concepts of theoretical source study, as well as empirical material and personal observations, consolidated as a result of practical activities in the State Archives of the Rostov Region. Research practice related to the targeted use of digital images of archival documents has favorable prospects associated with a qualitative change in the initial conditions of the scientific work of a professional historian. In the foreseeable future, modern historians will turn to a comprehensive analysis of electronic documentary complexes, allowing to reconstruct a significant array of valuable historical evidence. In this context, the organic synthesis of traditional source-based approaches and the latest models formed by the growing technical capabilities of the information society is of fundamental importance.

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Authors: Artyom Y. Peretyatko

The Ministry of War of the Russian Empire attempted to write an official history of the Cossacks in 1899–1912. The program for this history was commissioned to make by prominent military official Lieutenant-General N.A. Maslakovets. Although the official history of the Cossacks was never created, prepared by N.A. Maslakovets document is of undisputed interest. Firstly, it explains the logic of the government's actions in the course of writing the official history of the Cossacks. Secondly, the manuscript of N.A. Maslakovets shows the level of representation of the Russian society about the past of Cossack Hosts in the beginning of XX century. Finally, thirdly, this text is important for understanding the personality of N.A. Maslakovets, who was the key expert of Ministry of War on Cossack issues in 1890–1900.

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Authors: Igor G. Ivantsov, Igor V. Dubinin

The Great Patriotic War, the occupation of a very large part of the country, cities and villages was the severe trial both for the entire people of the country and individuals. One of the episodes of this most severe trial was the occupation of Krasnodar in August 9, 1942. The history of hostilities, partisan resistance in the occupied cities and villages, evoke the invariable interest of modern Russian society. No less important is the search and study of letters, diaries, and other documents of personal origin. They are often very informative and clearly reveal both the events that took place, witnessed by their contemporaries, and their moods, well-being, and expectations. In some cases, at the same time, such documents are also striking evidence of the tragic hopelessness of the situation in which the inhabitants of the occupied territories found themselves. The work on the discovery of documents of personal origin in our country has been and is being conducted for a long time. Nevertheless, each new document of personal origin revealed denotes a new facet of the tragedy of the occupation.

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Authors: Evgeny F. Krinko, Ekaterina А. Zaharina

The history of the Ostarbeiters has become the subject of special studies only in recently. However, it still contains quite a few unknown plots. The introduction of new documentary complexes into the scientific circulation will allow the elimination of the “white spots”. These include the questionnaires that the Ostarbeiters filled out upon returning from Germany. This publication presents questionnaires and descriptions of the circumstances of the sojourn in Germany of two Soviet women – Vera Lieberovskaya and Veronika Sekhniashvili. An accompanying document (a note by the first secretary of the Grozny Regional Committee of the VKP(b) F. Cheplakov) is also published. All the documents are stored in the fund R-7021 “Questionnaires for Soviet citizens who returned from German captivity to the mountains. Grozny” in the State archive of the Russian Federation. Vera Liberovskaya was a Russian dramatic actress. Before the Nazi occupation she served in the Smolensk Regional Theater. Veronika Sekhniashvili was her adopted daughter, she was a teacher by education. In 1944, both women were hijacked to Germany. The documents provide valuable information about the life and work of Ostarbeiters in Germany. The descriptions of the activities of theater brigades for “serving the camps of Russian workers” represents a particular interest.