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Training of workers in industry of the Lower Volga region during second five-year plan (1933–1937)

Authors: Cholakhyan V. A.

The article deals with the main directions of the personnel training in the industry of the Lower Volga region during the Second Five-Year Plan (1933 - 1937). The author stresses that the authorities managed to instill public industrial labor skills, to achieve the formation of qualified personnel of various specialties, which provided economic breakthrough in the 1930s.

«Great turning point» in nation-building in the North Caucasus

Authors: Akopyan V. Z.

The article considers some aspects of national-state building in the North Caucasus region in 30-s years of the XX century. The author emphasizes that at this stage of the Nations to the full extent become a subject in the policy of the bureaucratic state.

Voivods of Saratov brothers Ivan and Mihail Volinskye (1594-1600)

Authors: Rabinovich Y. N.

The article describes the unknown pages of the early history of Saratov. The biographies of some of the voivods and  sources of Saratov this time are discussed in details. First the names of people who visited Saratov soon after it was built are given.

1812 in the works of the Saratov historians

Authors: Mezin S. A.

The article includes a historiografic review of works of the Saratov researchers about the war of 1812. Mainly it says about the books published in 1912–2012. Analysing the works by N. F. Hovansky, V. V. Pugachev, N. A.Troitsky, V. P. Totfalushin, V. S. Parsamov, Yu. L. Yepanchin, I. N. Pleshakov etc. the author has come to the conclusion that the works of the Saratov historians of 1812 war have common features: attentive attitude to the sources, wide range of issues regarded, tendency to demythologization of the war history, denial of pseudopatriotic stereotypes.

Folk culture in the cities of Saratov province in the late XVIII - first half of the XIX cc.

Authors: Mayorova A. S.

The article describes the reasons that determined the significant role of Russian ethnic culture in the urban socio-cultural environment of Saratov province. Its manifestations in various spheres of city life and, in particular, in the look of these cities are based on written sources. For most county-level cities its influence on the cultural process was dominant. In the main city of the province its features were evident in spiritual and ceremonial life of the general population.

Nature management rationalization in Elatomsky estates of the Tambov gentry Davydovs at the end of the XIX – the beginning of the XX century

Authors: Shuvaev D. A.

The paper is devoted to the famous of the Tambov noble family of Davydovs. The author is studied actions for rationalization of manufacture in Elatomsky estates of gentry Davydovs at the end of the XIX – the beginning of the XX century.

The research of family structure of German settlements on the Volga River in the middle of XIX-th century: based on "Gnilushka" colony (Pfeifer)

Authors: Galperina Y. S.

The article is devoted to the research of family structure of German settlements in the Volga Region in the middle of XIX-th century, based on the analisys of "Gnilushka" colony in the Kamyshin district of Saratov province. Family structure model of the colony is being studied by the enumeration lists from the point of view of demographic analysis and J. Handzhnal's theory of existence of a unique European-type marriage.

The policy of “indigenization” in the autonomous republics of RSFSR during the 1920s (based on the materials of Autonomous Republic of the Volga Germans)

Authors: German A. A.

The article highlights the process of “indigenization” as an element of Soviet national policy. The research has been conducted on the example of Autonomous Republic of the Volga Germans. The “indigenization” was an element of Soviet national policy in 1920s, accomplished in all the nation-state formations of the USSR both Union and autonomous. The “indigenization” was supposed to consolidate the position of “titular” nation, but also caused a whole new set of problems in interethnic relations.

The daily life of а Soviet provincial city: changes in a school and vocational education in 1920-1930-ies (by the example of Saratov).

Authors: Soloviova T. A.

The article is devoted to the problems of school and vocational education in 1920-1930-ies. On the basis of archival material and periodicals the author shows one of serious aspects of a daily life - changes in an education system

Authority and moral state of society in post-war period (1946-1953): regional aspect

Authors: Moiseychenko L. A.

The article gives the analysis of moral state of society, increased self-consciousness of the  nation-winner, ideological campaigns and relations between the state and the church in the region, commitment of the party and public administration to former methods of government on the basis of archive documents and local periodicals.

Why and how I became the historian?

Authors: Avrus A. Y.

Memories of Professor Anatoliy Avrus are devoted his way in historical science. He tells how he became interested in history and why did he join the history department of Saratov State University. He shares his own experience of choosing topics for research, writing dissertations and working in archives. The author gives some advice to young researchers who start their way in historical science

Cultural Innovation among Saratov Province Merchants in late XVIII - first half of the XIX century

Authors: Mayorova A. S.

Late XVIII and early XIX centuries saw the attraction to cultural innovations among Russian merchants manifested in the fact that wealthy merchants sought to join the westernized culture of the nobility. Of all the cities of Saratov province of that period only Volsk merchants could acquire some aspects of aristocratic culture due to their wealth.

Garrison units of Kazan military district in fight for Soviet ascention to power

Authors: Simonov A. A.

Article focused on participation of military units from Kazan-region  military reserve, deployed for protection of Soviet power in the Volga and Ural regions

The Dynamics of Social and Class Structure of University Students in Saratov during 1920s

Authors: Strebkova N. V.

The article devoted to the dynamics of change in the social class of university students in Saratov during 1920s. The author analyzes the connection between changes in the social structure and government resolutions

The story of one evacuation: orphanage №1 for Spanish kids in the village Kukkus

Authors: Fernandes A. P.

The article is based on the unknown documents and memoirs considers the evacuation of the orphanage № 1 for Spanish kids to the village Kukkus (now – Village Privolgskoe of Rovensky district of  Saratov region). The author is analyzing  the work of the administration of the orphanage. The article examines the difficulties  that the kids  and the staff faced at the new place during the war. The article mostly focuses on the problem what was done to improve living conditions of the kids. 

Saratov voivode the prince Ivan the Big Fedorovich Shahovskoy (1637-1639)

Authors: Rabinovich Y. N.

The article describes the unknown pages of the left bank of Saratov connected with voivode’s the Big Ivan Fedorovich Shahovskoy staying in the city, and Holstein embassy, whose secretary was Adam Oleary. These ambassadors returned from Persia to Moscow in 1638 through Astrakhan and Saratov.

First is a detailed biography of prince Ivan Shahovskoy who was voivode in many cities in Russia (Tsarevosanchursk, Ryl'sk, Tomsk, Saratov and Nizhny Novgorod).

Economic development of german Сolonies on the Volga river in the second half of the 18th – the first half of the 19th centuries

Authors: Galperina Y. S.

This article deals with the first stages of formation of German colonies on the Volga river in the second half of the 18th – the first half of the 19th centuries. The colonization policy of the government consisted of the whole system of well-thought means and decrees that tended to spread on all sides of internal life of colonists. After the first hard years of emerging German colonies and up to the middle of the 19th century thanks to undivided supervision of economic development of the region it became possible to solve the problem of colonization of the region.

Claass Epp’s Mennonite Migration Activities in Saratov Wolga Region (1850–1854)

Authors: Evseev N. O.

The article deals with the history of Mennonite migration in Saratov Wolga Region through the prism of Claass Epp’s activities. The article bases on archival documents and historical sources of personal origin – diaries, letters, memoirs and etc.

The Manuscript Heritage by the Bishop of Saratov and Tsaritsin Eparchy Jacob (Vecherkov) in the Russian Archives

Authors: Kleitman A. L.

The article gives the review of the manuscript heritage by the bishop of the Saratov and Tsaritsin eparchy Jacob (Vecherkov) which are kept in some Russian central and regional archives. The criticism of his scientific works and letters is undertaken. The future of investigations of his heritage, church, social and scientific activities is demonstrated. 

Changes in the structure of the population of the Saratov Volga region during the Great World War (1941–1945)

Authors: Danilov V. N.

In article there are considered quantitative and qualitative changes in the structure of the population of the Saratov Volga region in 1941–1945 years. They were caused by the migration processes (military and labor mobilization, deportation of Germans, evacuation, resettlement), and factors of natural movement.

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