Collection И-2 ‘Kalmyk Affairs Commission, 1825–1836’ (National Archive, Elista) as a Source in the History of Government Agencies and Pre-Revolutionary Kalmykia

Some Issues of Records Management Revisited

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ID22202065
AuthorsKalmyk Scientific Center of the RAS, Larisa Mandzhikova (0000-0001-6329-151X, corresponding author)
Year2022
Volume2
Issue22
Pages70-87
Publication date2022-10-17
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueБюллетень Калмыцкого научного центра Российской академии наук (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2587-6503
PublisherKalmyk Institute for Humanities of the RAS (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.22162/2587-6503-2022-2-22-70-87
OpenAlexW4307362269
LanguageEN
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Introduction. The article deals with the emergence and activities by the Kalmyk Affairs Commission which administered the Kalmyk Steppe of Astrakhan Governorate between 1826 and 1836. Given that the Kalmyks had a script of their own — todo bichig (Clear Script) — and were conducting extensive correspondence, it is necessary to analyze how they organized work with those documents. Of particular importance are insights into structures and contents of documents, scientific reference materials for Collection И-2 ‘Kalmyk Affairs Commission’ that make it possible to analyze and identify ef-forts once undertaken by the Commission in pre-revolutionary period. Goals. The article aims at exploring areas of the Commission’s activity, investigat-ing records management practices, analyzing types of documents. Results. Old Kalmyk language documents are unique written sources on everyday life of the Kalmyks in pre-revolutionary Russia. The research results shall serve a basis for further theoretical and applied works in public administration, center-periphery interaction, and records keeping practices pertaining to Clear Script documents

Commission · Library science · Linguistics · Political science · Records Management · Computer Science · Engineering · Interdisciplinary Studies: Technology, Society, and Humanities · Law · Public Administration · Security, Politics, and Digital Transformation

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