Russkii Arkhiv

80-93

Authors: Nicholas W. Mitiukov

Statistical reports are a valuable historical source on water transport. Since in the Soviet Union the fleets had many enterprises of various subordination, with the most diverse and bizarre reporting systems. In fact, only using statistical reports submitted according to forms unified by the Central Statistical Department made it possible to “reduce to a common denominator” all this information. The specialized form of the statistical report No. 7-river (annual) has a much higher information content compared to the form “26-vod”. It contains many additional fields to fill in, which are absent in the “26-vod” form, because of this the compilers were forced to approach the submitted figures more conscientiously. So, using the example of 1956, it can be seen that the Udmurt administration simply omitted the information about its traveling and messenger fleet. All this significantly increases the probability of a successful reconstruction of the list of vessels in the form No. 7-river (annual), in comparison with the “26-vod”. Despite the many possible options for reconstructing the composition of the fleet according to the form No. 7-river (annual), due to the stringent requirements for the figures submitted, corresponding to the power of the vessels, the nominal composition of the fleet is restored quite accurately. At the same time, for a number of engines, the power is indicated quite arbitrarily. This may be due to the existence of some instructions for filling, where, for example, the power of a 3D6 diesel engine should in any case be indicated as 150 hp. It can be assumed that the power varies for engines not listed in this manual. A very useful supporting material for the reconstruction can be the lists of ships for some existing year (for the Udmurt Administration ‒ this is a deed of transfer upon its liquidation in 1962), which, in the presence of explanatory notes to the statistical report, where indicated the cost of ships that went to increase (accepted) and reduction (written off) of the company's balance sheet. To control the correctness of the reconstruction, the documentation on the personnel of the Office, which includes the names of the ships available at that time, turned out to be very valuable. In general, form No. 7-river (annual) should be recognized as a very valuable source on the history of water transport.

108-119

Authors: Alla V. Shadrina

The return of the memory of a person, which belongs to the category of “person of the second plan”, is a laborious process, involving the introduction of sources of various types and origins into scientific circulation. This work was initiated by the granddaughter of the executed priest of the Don and Novocherkassk Eparchy of the Russian Orthodox Church A.T. Inkov by the scientist paleontologist V.S. Baigusheva, whose efforts to preserve the memory of a relative were crowned with the creation of memories – a source that testifies both to the everyday life of a representative of the clergy in the first half of the 20th century, and to his perception by a descendant raised as a Soviet person. The published memoirs are of particular interest, since their author is a member of the scientific community, who not only reproduces her own memoirs more than 80 years ago, but also makes attempts to comprehend the events that led to the tragic end of the priest's life. Together with the memoirs, archival office documents are published, which make it possible to clarify the memoirs of V.S. Baigusheva.

137-148

Authors: Olga V. Druzhba, Mariya V. Krasnoslobodskaya, Sof'ya D. Likhoded

The disappearance of the natural character of the household in the non-urban space of our country stretched for several decades. The traditions associated with the production, preparation and storage of food were most persistently preserved. The article is based on six formalized interviews with rural residents about the peculiarities of home life in the 1930s-1950s. The questions concerned the structure of the household, methods of storing food, the diet of everyday food, the device of the kitchen hearth, recipes for cooking. As a result of the survey, the time of the mass transition of rural families to modern kitchen technologies, which occurred in the 1960s, was determined.

159-163

Authors: Egor F. Konev

The review considers the book by Konstantin Remishevsky, dedicated to the history of the Belarusian documentary film process during the Great Patriotic War. Of particular interest is the author's methodology of the «undocumented» film chronicle, the analysis of the means of screen expressiveness in newsreels, as well as the description of all surviving issues of the national newsreel “Savetskaya Belarus” of 1942‒1945.The uniqueness of the Belarusian wartime newsreel is indisputable, since in no other republic of the USSR occupied by the enemy, the national film magazine was released. “Savetskaya Belarus” is the only precedent. The author's analysis of the means of screen expressiveness used in the plots of the war period is of considerable scientific value. An analysis of the methods for giving the newsreel the required agitation and propaganda content is also relevant for today's media space.