2 December 18, 2021
Articles
1. Valery V. Levchenko
From the History of the Russian Diaspora: The Letters from F. Alexandrov to A. Florovsky
Russkii Arkhiv. 2021. 9(2): 143-164.
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2. Igor O. TumentsevRusskii Arkhiv. 2021. 9(2): 143-164.
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The article contains 13 letters from the Russian scholar and emigrant F. Alexandrov to A. Florovsky. They help illuminate many aspects of the life of Russian scholars and emigrants in Bulgaria in the 1920s and 1960s. The correspondence reflects some aspects of the cultural and social events of the Russian diaspora. Amongst others, the discussion of issues of employment, adaptation, material improvement, etc. is of particular interest. The letters make it possible to supplement the biographical outline of the life of F. Alexandrov and A. Florovsky and gather new information for them, which were not previously mentioned in the biographical articles of the two correspondents. The many details of their pedagogical, scientific and private life can remarkably compliment the prosopographic portraits of the two scientists.
The article contains 13 letters from the Russian scholar and emigrant F. Alexandrov to A. Florovsky. They help illuminate many aspects of the life of Russian scholars and emigrants in Bulgaria in the 1920s and 1960s. The correspondence reflects some aspects of the cultural and social events of the Russian diaspora. Amongst others, the discussion of issues of employment, adaptation, material improvement, etc. is of particular interest. The letters make it possible to supplement the biographical outline of the life of F. Alexandrov and A. Florovsky and gather new information for them, which were not previously mentioned in the biographical articles of the two correspondents. The many details of their pedagogical, scientific and private life can remarkably compliment the prosopographic portraits of the two scientists.
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Maikop Oil Fields during the Great October Revolution and the Civil War of 1918– 1922 (according to the Мemoirs of Potap Denisovich Provorotov)
Russkii Arkhiv. 2021. 9(2): 165-180.
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3. Igor G. Ivantsov, Igor V. DubininRusskii Arkhiv. 2021. 9(2): 165-180.
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This publication introduces into scientific circulation, for the first time, the memoirs of one of the oldest workers of the Maikop oil fields, Secretary of the Union of Miners, Potap Denisovich Provotorov, dedicated to the beginning of oil development in the Maikop Department of the Kuban Cossack army, about the events of the Russian Revolution and the Civil War of 1917-1922, as well as the beginning of socialist construction. Although the author belonged to the generation of revolutionaries and at the time of the described events was a member of the RKP(b), for unknown reasons, in the 30–50s of the 20th century, he fell out of the local nomenclature and ended his career as a simple worker. He wrote his memories for the anniversary collection “The Generation of the October”, in which they, apparently for political reasons, were not included. Although this is the only known memories of the revolutionary events on “Maineft’”.
This publication introduces into scientific circulation, for the first time, the memoirs of one of the oldest workers of the Maikop oil fields, Secretary of the Union of Miners, Potap Denisovich Provotorov, dedicated to the beginning of oil development in the Maikop Department of the Kuban Cossack army, about the events of the Russian Revolution and the Civil War of 1917-1922, as well as the beginning of socialist construction. Although the author belonged to the generation of revolutionaries and at the time of the described events was a member of the RKP(b), for unknown reasons, in the 30–50s of the 20th century, he fell out of the local nomenclature and ended his career as a simple worker. He wrote his memories for the anniversary collection “The Generation of the October”, in which they, apparently for political reasons, were not included. Although this is the only known memories of the revolutionary events on “Maineft’”.
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Ruined Home. From the History of Stanitsa Ubezhenskaya during the Soviet Period Through the Eyes of an Eyewitness
Russkii Arkhiv. 2021. 9(2): 181-188.
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4. Sergey V. NehamkinRusskii Arkhiv. 2021. 9(2): 181-188.
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Modern historical research on the history of everyday life in Russia during the Soviet period is a reflection of the “spirit of the times”. A certain rise in historical research at the beginning of the 21st century is characterized by the mass use, for this purpose, of various kinds of memories, private letters, other sources of personal origin, telling about the lives of individuals, communities, settlements in conditions of instability, various kinds of social upheavals, so characteristic of the Soviet period of Russian history, especially for its first half. It is in this case that written sources of personal origin are sometimes indispensable for the development of research on the history of everyday life, microhistory of communities and other areas. So, it is important to refer to the recorded memoirs of contemporaries, a certain fashion for which arose already in the second half of the 1980s. This article is based on one of such sources, about the history of the village Ubezhenskaya, Uspensky district, Karasnodar krai, in Soviet period viewed by its inhabitant, Nikolay Ivanovich Zotov, eyewitness of the epoch.
Modern historical research on the history of everyday life in Russia during the Soviet period is a reflection of the “spirit of the times”. A certain rise in historical research at the beginning of the 21st century is characterized by the mass use, for this purpose, of various kinds of memories, private letters, other sources of personal origin, telling about the lives of individuals, communities, settlements in conditions of instability, various kinds of social upheavals, so characteristic of the Soviet period of Russian history, especially for its first half. It is in this case that written sources of personal origin are sometimes indispensable for the development of research on the history of everyday life, microhistory of communities and other areas. So, it is important to refer to the recorded memoirs of contemporaries, a certain fashion for which arose already in the second half of the 1980s. This article is based on one of such sources, about the history of the village Ubezhenskaya, Uspensky district, Karasnodar krai, in Soviet period viewed by its inhabitant, Nikolay Ivanovich Zotov, eyewitness of the epoch.
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“Forest Hospital” of Doctor Krasnoperko: the Daily Practice of a Partisan Doctor
Russkii Arkhiv. 2021. 9(2): 189-196.
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5. Vladimir E. PolyakovRusskii Arkhiv. 2021. 9(2): 189-196.
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The unique experience of partisan doctors is one of the little-studied pages in the history of the Great Patriotic War. Unlike his army counterparts, the partisan medic was not part of a coherent, well-functioning system of care for the wounded. In the conditions of constant battles, raids, hunger and cold of the occupation, with the most severe shortage of medicines, instruments, cotton wool and dressings, he could only rely on his head and hands. At the same time, he faced a wide variety of injuries, diseases, epidemics, the need for medical assistance to the surrounding population... A Belarusian doctor, a prisoner of the Minsk ghetto, Rakhil Aronovna Krasnoperko (1902−1976) in December 1942 managed to escape from the barbed wire. Her professional skills became very soon useful for the partisans. In the 12th Cavalry Brigade named after I. Stalin, doctor Krasnoperko headed the medical and sanitary service. Through the “forest hospital” of R.A. Krasnoperko passed about a thousand wounded and sick. After the war, her memories of that time were discovered in the family archive.
The unique experience of partisan doctors is one of the little-studied pages in the history of the Great Patriotic War. Unlike his army counterparts, the partisan medic was not part of a coherent, well-functioning system of care for the wounded. In the conditions of constant battles, raids, hunger and cold of the occupation, with the most severe shortage of medicines, instruments, cotton wool and dressings, he could only rely on his head and hands. At the same time, he faced a wide variety of injuries, diseases, epidemics, the need for medical assistance to the surrounding population... A Belarusian doctor, a prisoner of the Minsk ghetto, Rakhil Aronovna Krasnoperko (1902−1976) in December 1942 managed to escape from the barbed wire. Her professional skills became very soon useful for the partisans. In the 12th Cavalry Brigade named after I. Stalin, doctor Krasnoperko headed the medical and sanitary service. Through the “forest hospital” of R.A. Krasnoperko passed about a thousand wounded and sick. After the war, her memories of that time were discovered in the family archive.
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Zekerya Asanov’s Memories about the Holocaust, Deportation, the Commandant’s Regime, as Well as about the Good People with Whom Life Brought Him Together
Russkii Arkhiv. 2021. 9(2): 197-209.
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6. Vladimir D. SavenkovRusskii Arkhiv. 2021. 9(2): 197-209.
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Memories of the Crimean Tatars were rarely published in the Soviet times. Nowadays, memoirs are often published without scientific editing and commentaries. The memoirs of Z. Asanov, a witness to the tragic events of the Great Patriotic War and the post-war period are published for the first time. The author of the memoirs was eyewitnesses to the extermination of Jews in Yevpatoria, occupied by the German-Romanian troops. Later, together with his relatives and fellow countrymen, he was deported. Much attention is paid to the description of the life of the exile settlers in the conditions of the commandant’s regime, life in orphanages in Uzbekistan. Along with the difficulties he experienced, Z. Asanov emphasizes the atmosphere of mutual assistance and fraternal help from not only the Crimean Tatars, but also representatives of other nationalities – Uzbeks, Tajiks, Russians, with whom the fate brought him together.
Memories of the Crimean Tatars were rarely published in the Soviet times. Nowadays, memoirs are often published without scientific editing and commentaries. The memoirs of Z. Asanov, a witness to the tragic events of the Great Patriotic War and the post-war period are published for the first time. The author of the memoirs was eyewitnesses to the extermination of Jews in Yevpatoria, occupied by the German-Romanian troops. Later, together with his relatives and fellow countrymen, he was deported. Much attention is paid to the description of the life of the exile settlers in the conditions of the commandant’s regime, life in orphanages in Uzbekistan. Along with the difficulties he experienced, Z. Asanov emphasizes the atmosphere of mutual assistance and fraternal help from not only the Crimean Tatars, but also representatives of other nationalities – Uzbeks, Tajiks, Russians, with whom the fate brought him together.
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“I Remember the Skewed Grain Elevator in the Calmed Down Town of Spitak”: Memories of the Disaster Fighter of the 1988 Spitak Tragedy – Bulldozer Driver V.D. Savenkov
Russkii Arkhiv. 2021. 9(2): 210-223.
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7. Alla V. ShadrinaRusskii Arkhiv. 2021. 9(2): 210-223.
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In December 1988, the leadership of the Rostov region was one of the first, along with the union republics bordering with Armenia, to provide humanitarian assistance, providing qualified specialists from the The Office of Mechanization Nr 2 of the Trade and Construction Association “Rostovstroy” and specialized equipment necessary for restoration work. The interview of Vladimir Dmitrievich Savenkov is dedicated to his activities as a disaster fighter of the consequences of the catastrophic Spitak earthquake. The respondent tells in detail how his conscription and transportation of equipment was carried out, how he had to adapt to the specifics of the military rescue operation and endure all the hardships associated with the peculiarities of emergency deployment to the place of emergency. Memories of V.D. Savenkov are valuable evidence of how the emergency situation in the Armenian SSR revealed the unpreparedness of the top party leadership headed by M.S. Gorbachev, in relation to the prompt elimination and prevention of major Urban Emergencies.
In December 1988, the leadership of the Rostov region was one of the first, along with the union republics bordering with Armenia, to provide humanitarian assistance, providing qualified specialists from the The Office of Mechanization Nr 2 of the Trade and Construction Association “Rostovstroy” and specialized equipment necessary for restoration work. The interview of Vladimir Dmitrievich Savenkov is dedicated to his activities as a disaster fighter of the consequences of the catastrophic Spitak earthquake. The respondent tells in detail how his conscription and transportation of equipment was carried out, how he had to adapt to the specifics of the military rescue operation and endure all the hardships associated with the peculiarities of emergency deployment to the place of emergency. Memories of V.D. Savenkov are valuable evidence of how the emergency situation in the Armenian SSR revealed the unpreparedness of the top party leadership headed by M.S. Gorbachev, in relation to the prompt elimination and prevention of major Urban Emergencies.
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Memoirs of a Participant in the Restoration of the Ascension Church of the Khutor Susat in the Rostov Region in the 1980s
Russkii Arkhiv. 2021. 9(2): 224-231.
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8. Russkii Arkhiv. 2021. 9(2): 224-231.
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One of the least studied aspects of the life of society in the late Soviet and early post-Soviet periods is the time of the so-called “religious renaissance”, which was characterized both by an increased interest in religion and the Russian Orthodox Church, and by the return of churches to the everyday life of Russians. The handing over of dilapidated churches to believers became the reason for the beginning of the frequently long termed restoration processes. The published document, which is the memoirs of a participant in the restoration of the church in the khutor Susat of the Semikarakorsky district of the Rostov region, gives an idea of the unique and unparalleled in the south of Russia cases of the restoration of the church with the help of local authorities and large enterprises of the Semikarakorsky district of the Rostov region. The published source is a manuscript created in 2008 at the request of the dean of the Ascension Church, priest V. Minaev, who collected materials for writing a book on the history of temples in the khutor Susat.
One of the least studied aspects of the life of society in the late Soviet and early post-Soviet periods is the time of the so-called “religious renaissance”, which was characterized both by an increased interest in religion and the Russian Orthodox Church, and by the return of churches to the everyday life of Russians. The handing over of dilapidated churches to believers became the reason for the beginning of the frequently long termed restoration processes. The published document, which is the memoirs of a participant in the restoration of the church in the khutor Susat of the Semikarakorsky district of the Rostov region, gives an idea of the unique and unparalleled in the south of Russia cases of the restoration of the church with the help of local authorities and large enterprises of the Semikarakorsky district of the Rostov region. The published source is a manuscript created in 2008 at the request of the dean of the Ascension Church, priest V. Minaev, who collected materials for writing a book on the history of temples in the khutor Susat.
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