Izvestiya of Saratov University.
ISSN 1819-4907 (Print)
ISSN 2542-1913 (Online)


Отечественная история

“Without division, it’s faster, but you will take a lot of sin on your soul”. A complex peasant family in the Russian Empire in the 19th century: Main development trends

Complex families are one of the variants of a household that combines several married couples. For a number of reasons, such families enjoyed the support of the state, landlords and the peasant community for a long time. However, after the Great Reforms, complex families began to transform under the influence of socio-economic processes. The article assesses the prevalence of a complex family among the peasant population of the Russian Empire and its changes in the second half of the 19th century.

Russian travelers of the XVII century about the osteries of Italian cities

The article discusses the description of the osteria of Italian cities by Russian travelers of the XVII century – stolnik P. A. Tolstoy and boyar B. P. Sheremetev. Only in the travel notes of stolnik P. A. Tolstoy is a detailed description of the osteria given. The author of the article comes to the conclusion that the entries of the travel diaries of Russian travelers of the XVII century and their actual tour contributed to the active penetration of such an institution into the everyday life of Russia. 

Formation and Making Policy Decision about Bringing of Russian Force into Chechnya (1992–1994)

The article is devoted to the analysis of the causes of the beginning of the war in Chechnya. The author examines the questions of making policy decisions about the putting into bringing of Russian forces Chechnya, town of Grozny. Special attention is paid to the Chronology of that time and actions of Russian political forces and political forces of Chechnya.

Topics on Russian History in Imagination of Russian Emigration of the First Wave

The author in the article examines one of the aspects of social thought in emigration – the attitude to the historical heritage of the former Russian Empire. The article is based on the papers of “The Days” newspaper, which was not published before.

O. I. Pantuhoff Like a Symbol of Russian Scouts Unity

In this article the author considers history of Russian scouts movement in the emigration and role that play in this organization Chief Scout of Russia Oleg Pantuhoff. The author shows danger of crushing and disappearance of the scout organization abroad and then analyses uniting role which in this situation has played O.I. Pantjuhov. This work is written mainly for specialists of history of the Russian Scout movement, but it can be useful for historians who specialized in the history of Russian emigration and youth movements too.

Some Facts from the History of Evaluation of Militari Officers in the Russian Armi

The disappointing results of WWI force people to look for the reasons for lack of proficiency of some commanders of that period. One of the factors that influenced their career development and high ranks was the evaluation system in Russia. The history of emergence and transformation of its basic principles has been described in the article.

Role of Lawyers at Political Trials in 1905

Article is devoted the analysis of system of rules and the ethical principles of defence developed by the Russian attorneys at law at political trials in 1905. In article it is told about antagonism between the government and the Bar in days of the first Russian revolution. The author does a conclusion that studying and preservation of classical traditions of pre-revolutionary legal profession, as basic institute of a civil society, is actual for a modern society.

Private Libraries in Russia: A.S. Norov’ Library

Private book collections – is an integral part of the cultural environment of the Russian educated society of the first half of the XIX century. The library of an outstanding state and political figure, a scholar, an ardent bibliophile A.S. Norov is a book treasury. In the article the process of the collecting his two libraries is considered. The article also considers the manuscripts and books of those libraries, discloses the reasons induced the owner of these magnificent libraries to sell them. It is noted that A.S. Pushkin used A.S.

Reform Projects of Universities in Russia at the Beginning of XX Century

The subject of these article is projects of university statute, developed in Russia at the beginning of XX century, their comparative characteristic is also given. The author examines the issues of academy autonomy, government policy in the sphere of higher education, etc.

Number Old Believer the Kazan Province in XIX – the Beginning of XX Centuries

Article is devoted a statistics problem Old believers. The author investigates government measures in this direction and answers thorny questions: what advantages and lacks why the statistics has not given desirable results at spent censuses of conservatives were. Also in article light is shed changes of number of supporters of old belief in the Kazan province in XIX and the beginning XX centuries, the old believe centres in province and on many other things.

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