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

F. F. Chekalin

The study of ancient and medieval historical and cultural heritage of the province by the Saratov Provincial Statistical Committee in the 1870s–1880s

The article is devoted to the historical and local history activities of the Saratov Provincial Statistical Committee in the 1870s and 1880s. The main directions of this work, its achievements and failures are analyzed. The author comes to the conclusion that the committee’s achievements, personnel and collections formed the basis for further systematic study of the region.

Pristine Saratov (1590-1609): the historiography of the question

The article considers the unknown pages of the history of Saratov during the first twenty years after the foundation of the city, the characteristic of the "Saratov Annals", composed 120 years ago is given. The main studies concerning this period of Saratov’s history are discussed in detail and their shortcomings are indicated.