A New Guide to the Fonds Has Been Published in the State Archive of the Irkutsk Region

УДК 94(571.53)+049.32:036

DOI 10.28995/2073-0101-2019-3-952-959

Alexander A. Ivanov

Irkutsk State University, Irkutsk, Russian Federation

Elena V. Ilyina

State Archive of the Irkutsk Region, Irkutsk, Russian Federation

Sofya L. Kuras

Irkutsk State Transport University, Irkutsk, Russian Federation

Tatyana L. Kuras

Irkutsk State University, Irkutsk, Russian Federation

A New Guide to the Fonds Has Been Published in the State Archive of the Irkutsk Region

Abstract

The review of the new guide (2018) to the fonds of the State Archive of the Irkutsk Region (GAIO) assesses the information possibilities and fundamental differences of the latest edition from those published earlier (in 1949, 1965, 1975, 1987). It is noted that the guide is the best reference book on the structure and contents of the GAIO fonds. As usual, the edition is structured by branch, its sections are systematized by significance, as well as chronologically and alphabetically. According to the reviewers, the structure is fortunate, as it allows even unconfident researchers to find the required fonds, series and files. The reviewers underscore that the latest edition includes extensive historical information prefacing each fond reference. These are essays in the history of Siberia, detailing historical events connected with social, political, economic, and cultural life of Eastern Siberia. Fonds included in the guide reflect special administrative role of Irkutsk, administrative and political center of Eastern Siberia from 1819 to 1917 and a stronghold for state advancement to the Far East, Transbaikalia, and Yakutia. A large part of the documents in the GAIO fonds covers the history of the “penal colonization,” the activities of regional penal institutes, court, criminal police, and gendarmerie. Archival fonds are also an important source on the history of political exile. The new edition contains name and geographical indices that supplement and expand its materials. Having analyzed the contents of this volume, the reviewers conclude that it has been carefully and professionally made, and allows to add a new dimension to the history of Siberia, Baikal region. It will be in demand with professional researchers, as well as wide readership.

Keywords

State archive, guide, Irkutsk gubernia, fonds, series, documents.

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About authors

Ivanov Alexander Alexandrovich, PhD in History, professor, Irkutsk State University, department of political science, history, and regional studies, Irkutsk, Russian Federation, +7-395-233-43-72, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Ilyina Elena Viktorovna, State Archive of the Irkutsk Region, department of documents usage and work with citizens’ and organizations’ petitions, head of the department, Irkutsk, Russian Federation, +7-395-223-93-50, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Kurаs Sofya Leonidovna, PhD in History, associate professor, Irkutsk State Transport University, department of customs and legal studies, Irkutsk,Russian Federation, +7-395-263-83-69, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Kurаs Tatyana Leonidovna, PhD in History, associate professor, Irkutsk State University, Law Institute, department of justice, Irkutsk, Russian Federation, +7-395-252-11-87, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Submitted 13.02.2019, published (for citation):

IVANOV, A. A., ILYINA, E. V. KURAS, S. L., KURAS, T. L. Izdan novyi putevoditel' po fondam Gosudarstvennogo arkhiva Irkutskoi oblasti [A New Guide to the Fonds Has Been Published in the State Archive of the Irkutsk Region. In Russ.]. IN: Vestnik arhivista / Herald of an Archivist, 2019, no. 3, pp. 952-959. doi 10.28995/2073-0101-2019-3-952-959