Historical Geography Journal ISSN 2782-6511 (Print) | ISSN 3034-5286 (Online)

Andrey V. Deduk
Candidate of Historical Sciences, State Military-Historical and Natural Museum-Reserve “Kulikovo Field” (Russia, Tula)
ORCID: 0000-0002-9458-3934
E-mail: deduk@list.ru

Alexander V. Shekov
Candidate of Historical Sciences, Associate Professor, State Military-Historical and Natural Museum-Reserve “Kulikovo Field” (Russia, Tula)
ORCID: 0000-0002-7010-9672
E-mail: shekovav@mail.ru

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UDC 94(4-015)”1520″
DOI: 10.58529/2782-6511-2026-5-1-52-67

ABSTRACT. The publication is devoted to the five 1520s deeds that drew up in connection with feudal land ownership in the Lithuanian-Russian state and which are now stored in the collection 1603 “Educational Commission” of the Russian State Archive of Ancient Acts. These sources are important for the study of historical geography and land relations in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. Publications of the originals of three documents and the 16th – 17th centuries copies of two more documents are presented. Previously, only a copy of one of these deeds was introduced into scientific circulation — the 1523 charter of confirmation from King Sigismund I to boyar M. D. Sharapov for possessions in the cities of Kletsk and Gorodok Davidov, Kletsk povet and Gorodets volost. The following manuscripts are preserved in the original: the 1521 confirmation charter from Sigismund I to Pan Fedko Gavrilovich for land purchased from the Grodno boyar Yuri Kotovich and his brother; the 1521 Sigismund I’s charter to the Grodno elder Yu. M. Radziwill with the requirement to conduct a trial of the land conflict between Fedko Gavrilovich and Prince A. M. Kashirsky; the 1523 Sigismund I’s charter to the Vilna voivode A. M. Gashtold with the requirement to delimit the possessions of Andrei Khvalkovich and Mikhail Sopega. The following manuscript is preserved in the copy: the 1528 confirmation charter to A. M. Gashtold’s wife Sofya Vasilievna (nee Princess Vereiskaya), for the estate she purchased.

KEYWORDS: historical geography, Grand Duchy of Lithuania, feudal land tenure, Educational Commission, land relations

For citation: Deduk A. V., Shekov A. V. [The 1520s Deeds on the History of Land Relations in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania from the collection 1603 of the Russian State Archive of Ancient Acts (RGADA)]. Istoriko-geograficheskiy zhurnal [Historical Geography Journal], 2026, vol. 5, no. 1, pp. 52–67. DOI: 10.58529/2782-6511-2026-5-1-52-67 (In Russian).

Received 16 December 2025
Accepted 12 March 2026

© 2026 The Authors

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Sergey Yu. Shokarev
Candidate of Historical Sciences, University of Chicago (USA, Chicago)
ORCID: 0000-0002-7620-0186
E-mail: shokarevs@yandex.ru

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UDC 94(47)”1921″
DOI: 10.58529/2782-6511-2026-5-1-68-89

ABSTRACT. The article publishes a report by mining engineer V. M. Boreisha on his participation in the expedition of the famous geologist I. A. Korzukhin to Chukotka in 1921. This expedition was organized by the Korzukhin and Fukuyama Mining Society. More than half of the expedition consisted of Japanese nationals and set sail from Yokohama on a Japanese schooner. V. M. Boreisha accompanied the expedition as a representative of the Provisional Government of the Far East — Regional Government of Primorye Zemstvo — to ensure the legality of applications for mineral exploration in the territory entrusted to this government. The expedition took place from June 15 to October 3, 1921. During the work on the Chukotka coast, deposits of coal, graphite, and gold were discovered and described. While traveling along the coast of Chukotka, V. M. Boreisha met with Chukotka merchants M. D. Dobriev, and B. Thomson. Based on their accounts, the report’s author compiled a general description of trade in Chukotka. Among other things, he notes that merchants, fearing the Bolsheviks, sought to sell their businesses to foreign capital. V. M. Boreisha also reported that the Anglo-Canadian Hudson’s Bay Company and the American merchant O. Swenson had considerable influence in the region. V. M. Boreisha’s report is a valuable source on the history of Chukotka during the Civil War and the history of the development of Russian geological science.

KEYWORDS: 1917–1922 Civil War in Russia, history of Russian geology, trade in Chukotka, Chukchi, Eskimos, Karayevs, Bend Wall, Charles Carpendel, Magomet Dobriev

For citation: Shokarev S. Yu. [Report of Mining Engineer V. M. Boreisha on the Geological Expedition to Chukotka in the Summer of 1921]. Istoriko-geograficheskiy zhurnal [Historical Geography Journal], 2026, vol. 5, no. 1, pp. 68–89. DOI: 10.58529/2782-6511-2026-5-1-68-89 (In Russian).

Received 20 February 2026
Accepted 22 April 2026

© 2026 The Author

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Mikhail Ig. Weber
Candidate of Historical Sciences, Institute of History and Archaeology, Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Ekaterinburg, Russia
E-mail: mikeveber@mail.ru
ORCID: 0000-0001-7512-6087

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UDC 94(47)«1918»
DOI: 10.58529/2782-6511-2024-3-3-82-105

ABSTRACT. The paper presents the report of the White officer Alexander Alexandrovich Roger. The head of the garrison of the city of Ekaterinburg, Colonel Nikolai Vyacheslavovich Sherekhovsky, gave him a secret assignment: to cross the front line, get into Perm occupied by the Reds and establish contact with the head of the General Staff Academy, Major General Alexander Ivanovich Andogsky. In addition, Lieutenant Alexander A. Roger was additionally instructed to collect intelligence information on the number of military echelons with the Red Army reserves at railway stations on the way to Perm. It took two weeks to complete this dangerous reconnaissance mission. Upon his return to Ekaterinburg, Alexander A. Roger prepared a detailed report in which he outlined what he saw and experienced during his dangerous journey into enemy territory. This report is a valuable source on the history of military intelligence during the Russian Civil War. The paper reconstructs the biography of Alexander A. Roger based on a wide range of historical sources, as well as establishes his family and social ties. Previously unknown photographs of Alexander A. Roger have been found in the archives. These photographs are published as illustrations for the paper. With the help of these photographs, Alexander A. Roger was identified in already known photographs. To visualize the travel route of Lieutenant Alexander A. Roger, a schematic map was prepared, which is published in the appendix to the paper.

KEYWORDS: Civil War, Eastern Front, Urals, military intelligence, travelogue, political history, historical geography, biography.

For citation: Weber M. Ig. [In Search of the General Staff Academy: Lieutenant Alexander A. Roger’s Report on a Reconnaissance Mission in the Rear of the Reds in August, 1918]. Istoriko-geograficheskiy zhurnal [Historical Geography Journal], 2024, vol. 3, no. 3, pp. 82–105. DOI: 10.58529/2782-6511-2024-3-3-82-105 (In Russian).

Received 3 June 2024
Accepted 30 August 2024

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Temurmalik K. Kholmatov
Candidate of Historical Sciences, National Research University “Higher School of Economics”; Russian State University for the Humanities
Moscow, Russia
E-mail: timur.kholmatoff@yandex.ru
ORCID: 0000-0002-2975-1647

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UDC 94(575)«1935/1940»:913
DOI: 10.58529/2782-6511-2024-3-3-106-117

ABSTRACT. The publication includes the letters by A. P. Pronshtein (written in 1959–1964) to V. K. Yatsunskiy (one of the most prominent Soviet specialists in historical geography). The main content of the letters is related to the preparation of A. P. Pronshtein’s researches on the history of the Don Region, including the historical geography of the region in the 18th century. The letters contain A. P. Pronshtein’s reflection on main ideas of his papers, the work progress, and the obstacles he encountered in the process of research. At the same time, these historical sources contain information about the archival finds of the historian, brief descriptions of daily professional activities at Rostov State University. Thus, the published historical sources are valuable for reconstructing A. P. Pronstein’s scientific life in the late 1950s – the first half of the 1960s and studying communication in the scientific environment, as well as the history of historical geography in the USSR. The letters were found in the personal fund of V. K. Yatsunskiy (F. 1639) in the Archive of the Russian Academy of Sciences. The introduction notes pay attention to the place of historical geography studies in the scientific and pedagogical heritage of A. P. Pronshtein. There is also an assumption about the circumstances of the acquaintance of the two historians.

KEYWORDS: A. P. Pronshtein, V. K. Yatsunskiy, historical geography, Soviet historical science, regional science, historical geography source, history of the Don region, Don Cossacks, letters.

For citation: Kholmatov T. K. [“You Are Usually the Editor of These Volumes and the Actual Head of All Historical and Geographical Work in Our Country”: A. P. Pronshtein’s Letters to V. K. Yatsunskiy (1959–1964)]. Istoriko-geograficheskiy zhurnal [Historical Geography Journal], 2024, vol. 3, no. 3, pp. 106–117. DOI: 10.58529/2782-6511-2024-3-3-106-117 (In Russian).

Received 13 May 2024
Accepted 16 July 2024

© 2024 The Author

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• Pronshtein A. P. [Development of Agriculture on the Don in the 18th Century]. Yezhegodnik po agrarnoy istorii Vostochnoy Evropy. 1960 g. [Yearbook of the Agrarian History of Eastern Europe. 1960]. Kyiv: AN USSR Publ., 1962, pp. 248–261. (In Russian).
• Pronshtein A. P. Ispol’zovaniye vspomogatel’nykh istoricheskikh distsiplin pri rabote nad istochnikami: uchebno-metodicheskoye posobiye dlya studentov-zaochnikov istor. Fakul’t. gos. un-tov [Use of Auxiliary Historical Disciplines When Working on Sources: An Educational And Methodological Guide for Part-Time Students of Historical Faculties of State Universities]. Moscow: Izd-vo Moskovskogo un-ta Publ., 1967. (In Russian).
• Pronshtein A. P. [Road Inventory of the Don Host Land in 1776]. Istoricheskaya geografiya Rossii XVIII v. [Historical Geography of Russia in the 18th Century]. Moscow: Institut istorii SSSR AN SSSR Publ., 1981, part 2, pp. 143–164. (In Russian).
• Pronshtein A. P. [A Valuable Source on the Geography of the Don Land in the 18th Century (Road Inventory of the Don Host Land, 1776)]. Problemy istoricheskoy geografii: materialy Vtoroy vsesoyuznoy konf. po istorich. geografii Rossii (g. Moskva, 25–26 noyabrya 1980 g.) [Problems of Historical Geography: Materials of the Second All-Union Conf. on the Historical Geography of Russia (Moscow, November 25–26, 1980)]. Moscow: Institut istorii SSSR AN SSSR Publ., 1983, iss. 4, pp. 146–150. (In Russian).
• Pronshtein A. P., Danilevsky I. N. Voprosy teorii i metodiki istoricheskogo issledovaniya: ucheb. posobiye dlya vuzov po spets. “Istoriya” [Questions of the Theory and Methodology of Historical Research: A Textbook for Universities in the Specialty “History”]. Moscow: Vyssh. shkola Publ., 1986. (In Russian).
• Pronshtein A. P., Zadera A. G. Praktikum po istorii SSSR. 2-ye izd., ispr. i dop. [Workshop on the History of the USSR. 2nd ed., Corrected and Supplemented]. Rostov-on-Don: Izd-vo Rost. gos. un-ta Publ., 1964. (In Russian).
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• Tikhonov V. V. [A. P. Pronshtein at Rostov University in the 1950s — Early 1960s (Based on Letters to M. N. Tikhomirov)]. Nauchnoye naslediye professora A. P. Pronshteyna i aktual’nyye problemy istoricheskoy nauki (k 100-letiyu so dnya rozhdeniya vydayushchegosya rossiyskogo uchenogo): materialy vseros. (s mezhdunarodnym uchastiyem) nauch.-prakt. konf. (Rostov-na-Donu, 22–23 marta 2019 g.) [The Scientific Legacy of Professor A. P. Pronshtein and Current Problems of Historical Science (On the 100th Anniversary of the Birth of the Outstanding Russian Scientist): Materials of the All-Russian (With International Participation) Sci. and Practical Conf. (Rostov-on-Don, March 22–23, 2019)]. Rostov-on-Don: Al’tair Publ., 2019, pp. 16–24. (In Russian).
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Alexey O. Kaisin
Vyatka State University
Kirov, Russia
E-mail: akai_slob@mail.ru
ORCID: 0000-0002-6188-0043

Ksenia А. Pantyukhina
Vyatka State University
Kirov, Russia
E-mail: kseniapantyuhina@gmail.com
ORCID: 0009-0000-3218-4463

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UDC 94(470.342) “18”:913.1
DOI: 10.58529/2782-6511-2024-3-2-122-133

ABSTRACT. Publication of the General Map of the Vyatka province introduces a unique cartographic source on the history of Russian urban planning into scientific circulation. The peculiarity of the map is that, in addition to having a general map of the province and plans of its thirteen towns, there are drawn general views of the towns. Most of the views represent the first illustrative images of the towns of the Vyatka province. The general map was compiled by the provincial surveyor, collegiate assessor Evstafy Rodionov in 1806 The scientific value of his work lies in particular in the fact that the images of Vyatka towns on the General Map are imprinted at the time of their restructuring began at the end of the 18th century. At the same time, town plans show both the parts planned for development in the future and the districts built up in the 17th — first half of the 18th centuries. The map shows the views of the provincial, 9 uezd and 3 uezd-less (supernumerary) towns of the Vyatka province.

KEYWORDS: historical geography, cartographic sources, 19th century, Vyatka province, planning, urban planning, general map

For citation: Kaisin A. O., Pantyukhina K. A. [General Map of the Vyatka Province with Plans and Views of the Provincial Town, Uezd and Uezd-Less Towns of 1806]. Istoriko geograficheskiy zhurnal [Historical Geography Journal], 2024, vol. 3, no. 2, pp. 122–133. DOI: 10.58529/2782-6511-2024-3-2-122-133 (In Russian).

Received 5 March 2024
Accepted 3 June 2024

© 2024 The Authors

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• Kaysin A. O., Glazyrina M. K., Deduk A. V. [Topographic Description of the Vyatka Viceroyalty of 1784–1785]. Istoricheskiy arkhiv [Historical Archives], 2024, no. 2, pp. 150–188. (In Russian).
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• Kurochkin M. V. Sarapul’skiy klassitsizm. Arkhitektura Prikam’ya [Sarapul Classicism. Architecture of the Kama Region]. Izhevsk: Izdatel’skiy tsentr “Udmurtskiy universitet” Publ., 2017 (In Russian).
• Pentina N. B. [How the City of Urzhum Was Built]. Gertsenka: Vyatskiye zapiski [Herzenka: Vyatka Notes]. Kirov: S. n., 2007, iss. 11, pp. 149–168. (In Russian).
• Razrushennyye khramovyye postroyki Kirovskoy oblasti: materialy istoriko-arkhivnykh i bibliograficheskikh issledovaniy: spravochnik [Destroyed Temple Buildings of the Kirov Region: Materials of Historical, Archival and Bibliographic Research: Reference Book]. Kirov: “Raduga-PRESS” Publ., 2012, part 1 (In Russian).
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Nadezhda M. Ignatova
Candidate of Historical Sciences, Institute of Language, Literature and History of the FRC Komi Science Centre, Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Syktyvkar, Russia
E-mail: ignatova11@rambler.ru
ORCID: 0000-0002-1075-9382

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UDC 94(470.1) “1941/1942”
DOI: 10.58529/2782-6511-2024-3-2-134-147

ABSTRACT. The article analyzes data on the location of labor settlements based on deployment tables. The deployment tables refer to departmental reporting documentation of the NKVD of the USSR. The information reflects the situation for the period 1941-42, since the data for the Arkhangelsk region are given as of November 1941, for the Komi ASSR as of January 1, 1942, and for the Vologda region as of December 31, 1942. The requirements for the position of labor settlements and the features of their organization are considered. A calculation of the average distances from labor settlements to the railway track, the district commandant’s office and the regions’ administrative center is given. Analyzing the distances from labor settlements to transport routes, district and administrative centers allows assessing remoteness of settlements from railway transport and populated areas. The Komi ASSR, Arkhangelsk and Vologda regions in 1929–1936 were administratively united as part of the Northern Krai, so the organization in the early 1930s of settlements for special settlers – “former kulaks,” renamed in labor settlements in 1933, proceeded according to general plans, so it seems relevant to assess the situation for the three regions as a whole.

KEYWORDS: special settlements, labor settlements, special settlers — “former kulaks”, labor settlers, dislocation, North

For citation: Ignatova N. M. [Dislocation Distances of Labor Settlements Positions in the Komi ASSR, Arkhangelsk and Vologda Regions in 1941–1942]. Istoriko-geograficheskiy zhurnal [Historical Geography Journal], 2024, vol. 3, no. 2, pp. 134–147. DOI: 10.58529/2782-6511-2024-3-2-134-147 (In Russian).

Received 8 April 2024
Accepted 20 May 2024

© 2024 The Author

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• Ivanov A. S., Mikhalev N. A. Spetspereselentsy na Zapadno-Sibirskom Severe v gody Velikoy Otechestvennoy voyny (1941–1945) [Special settlers in the West Siberian North during the Great Patriotic War (1941–1945)]. Moscow: ROSSPEN Publ., 2023 (In Russian).
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• Kuratova E. S. [Methodology for Assessing the Transport Security of the Territory for the Availability of Social Services]. Ekonomicheskie i sotsial’nye peremeny: fakty, tendentsii, prognoz [Economic and Social Changes: Facts, Trends, Forecast], 2014, no. 5 (35), pp. 251–259. DOI: 10.15838/esc/2014.5.35.21 (In Russian).
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Georgy N. Shumkin
Candidate of Historical Sciences, Institute of History and Archaeology, Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Ekaterinburg, Russia
E-mail: shumk@mail.ru
ORCID: 0000-0003-1858-8001

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UDC 930.2(47)“1824”:910.4
DOI: 10.58529/2782-6511-2024-3-1-86-97

ABSTRACT. The publication of the documents is dedicated to the 200th anniversary of Emperor Alexander I’s trip to the Urals in 1824 The Emperor’s interest in this region was not accidental. During the reign of Alexander I, a number of reforms were carried out, during which a system of mining law was created («Draft of Mining Regulations»), the system of state-owned mining districts was institutionalized, a class of indispensable workers was created, and intensive gold mining began. These measures prepared the conditions for the transformation of the Urals into a special region — the Ural Mining Oblast. The publication includes copies of documents from the correspondence of the Zlatoust and Ekaterinburg mining chiefs, deposited in the fund of the Department of Mining and Salt Affairs of the Ministry of Finance of the Russian State Historical Archive. The published materials are devoted to the preparation of the Orenburg province for the meeting of the emperor. The publication of the documents is preceded by an introductory article.

KEYWORDS: Alexander I, Urals, trip, mining industry, administration.

For citation: Shumkin G. N. Documents on the Preparation for Alexander I’s Trip to the Urals in 1824 (To the 200th Anniversary of the Event) // Historical Geography Journal. 2024 Vol. 3 № 1 P. 86–97.

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• Imperator Aleksandr I na Urale [Emperor Alexander I in the Urals]. Chelyabinsk: Avtograf Publ., 2022 (In Russian).
• Novikov I. A. [Alexander I in Zlatoust]. Makhovik [Flywheel], 1991, no. 5, pp. 66–72. (In Russian).
• Novikov I. A. [Alexander I and the Reform of the Management System of Mining Factories in the Urals]. Problemy sotsial’no-politicheskoy i etnicheskoy istorii Rossii XIV–XX vv. [Problems of Socio-Political and Ethnic History of Russia in the 14th–20th Centuries]. Chelyabinsk: Chelyabinskiy gos. un-t Publ., 1995, pp. 27–40. (In Russian).
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Temurmalik K. Kholmatov
Candidate of Historical Sciences, National Research University «Higher School of Economics»
Moscow, Russia
E-mail: timur.kholmatoff@yandex.ru
ORCID: 0000-0002-2975-1647

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UDC 930.2(47)“1956/1966”
DOI: 10.58529/2782-6511-2024-3-1-98-107

ABSTRACT. The publication includes the letters by O. M. Medushevskaya to V. K. Yatsunskiy written in 1956–1966. They are of interest to the study of the beginning of O. М. Medushevskaya’s research path, which is associated with historical geography and the history of geographical knowledge. The letters’ main themes are — the work of O. M. Medushevskaya at the Department of Auxiliary Historical Disciplines of the Moscow State Institute for History and Archives, preparation for publication of the lectures on the 17th—19th centuries maps, consultation of E. G. Istomina (Gelman) on the topic of the candidate dissertation (about the historical geography of the Novgorod province in the 18th century). These published sources are of particular interest for studying intergenerational communication between V. K. Yatsunskiy and O. M. Medushevskaya, the relationship between the teacher and the student. The letters were found in the personal fund of V. K. Yatsunskiy in the Archive of the Russian Academy of Sciences.

KEYWORDS: O. М. Medushevskaya, V. K. Yatsunskiy, E. G. Istomina, historical geography, Soviet historical science, letters, Archive of the Russian Academy of Sciences.

For citation: Kholmatov T. K. «In Institute for History and Archives Historical Geography Hasn’t Disappeared Yet»: The Letters of O. М. Medushevskaya to V.K. Yatsunskiy (1956–1966) // Historical Geography Journal. 2024 Vol. 3 № 1 P. 86–97.

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Tatiana N. Slepneva
Sverdlovsk Selection Station for Horticulture — the Structural Subdivision of the Ural Federal Agrarian Scientific Research Centre, Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Ekaterinburg, Russia
E-mail: tatyana_slepneva@mail.ru
ORCID: 0000-0002-0065-9644

Olga A. Kiseleva
Candidate of Biological Sciences, Sverdlovsk Selection Station for Horticulture — the Structural Subdivision of the Ural Federal Agrarian Scientific Research Centre, Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Ekaterinburg, Russia
E-mail: mikheeviiiauroran@yandex.ru
ORCID: 0000-0001-8097-4953

Gennadij V. Korolenko
Museum of History of the Middle Urals’ Horticulture
Ekaterinburg, Russia
E-mail: gennady.plodgarden2016@yandex.ru
ORCID: 0009-0007-9798-8797

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UDC 930.2(470.5) «1936»:634(470.5)
DOI: 10.58529/2782-6511-2023-2-4-72-89

ABSTRACT. The publication introduces into scientific circulation the historical document compiled by Dmitry Ivanovich Kazantsev, an amateur selectionist who pioneered the fruit gardening in the Middle Urals. His name is memorized in the history of Ekaterinburg with a memorial object — the D. I. Kazantsev’s Fruit Garden which has existed for more than a century. The published report “My Work, Observations and Achievements for the Year 1936” is written with the author’s characteristic pedantry and gives an idea of the popular trends and practical methods of gardening in the early 1930s Sverdlovsk. The document allows judging on the author’s social circle and business connections. Together with other selectionists, D. I. Kazantsev took part in overcoming such a problem as scarcity of fruit varieties in the Urals. Samples from his garden were involved in the broad-scale works on hybridization started by the Sverdlovsk Zonal Fruit and Berry Experimental Station named after. I. V. Michurin since 1935. D.I. Kazantsev’s detailed report was compiled in connection with the organization of these studies, and therefore in many ways resembles a scientific text. It describes the history of raising the original apple-tree variety — Kordik, contains a lot of details about the phenology, productivity, stability and other characteristic features of old-time varieties and hybrids of apple-trees which are still of interest and allow comparing with current varieties. The published document may be of interest to specialists studying the period of collectivization and industrialization of Soviet society, the history of horticulture and fruit growing in the Urals, as well as to modern selectionists and gardening experimentalists.

KEYWORDS: Middle Urals, history of Ekaterinburg, amateur gardening, apple-tree selection, Dmitry Ivanovich Kazantsev.

For citation: Slepneva T. N., Kiseleva О. А., Korolenko G. V. The 1936 D.I. Kazantsev’s Report and its Significance in the History of Horticulture in the Middle Urals // Historical Geography Journal. 2023. Vol. 2. № 3. P. 72–89.

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Igor G. Burtsev
Scientific Researcher, State Museum-Reserve «Kulikovo field»
Tula, Russia
E-mail: burmentall@gmail.com
ORCID: 0000-0002-6868-6550

Andrew V. Deduk
Candidate of Historical Sciences, State Museum-Reserve «Kulikovo field»
Tula, Russia
E-mail: deduk@list.ru
ORCID: 0000-0002-9458-3934

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UDC 94(914):316.35
DOI: 10.58529/2782-6511-2023-2-3-82-109

ABSTRACT. Two geographical descriptions of the southern lands of the Russian state at the end of the 16th century preserved in the documents of the Belgorod Department of the Military Ministry (the Razryadny prikaz): “Description of field roads” (Rospis’ pol’skim dorogam) and “Description of the map of outlying cities…” (Rospis’ chertezhu ukrainnyh gorodov…). “Description of field roads” was published for the first time in 1886 by D. I. Bagalei. “Description of the map” remained little-known in the historical literature, in the 1990s G. Saatchan was the first to mention the existence of this document. In the preface to the publication, dating of the studied descriptions is proposed based on the analysis of the dates of the emergence of cities in the “Field”. “Description of field roads” was compiled between 1592 and 1594, “Description of the map” between 1596 and 1599 Analysis of the filigree sheets of the column showed that both descriptions were written on paper from the 1590s. One of the filigrees of the “Description of the map” coincides with the watermark of the 1598 Razriad book draft. This led to the conclusion that the “Description of the map” was compiled in the Razryadny prikaz in the 1590s. It can be assumed that the “Description of the map” was an intermediate document for compiling a new map. During the reign of Tsar Boris Godunov, work was carried out to compile a drawing of the Russian state, which formed the basis of the map of Russia published in 1613 by Gessel Gerrits. Perhaps one of the intermediate stages of these works was the “Description of the map”. The publication is provided with a geographical index.

KEYWORDS: geographical descriptions, maps, Russian state, Field, Razryadny prikaz.

For citation: Burtsev I. G., Deduk A. V. Two Descriptions of the Southern Lands of the Russian State at the End of the 16th Century // Historical Geography Journal. 2023 Vol. 2 № 3 P. 82–109.

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Georgy N. Shumkin
Candidate of Historical Sciences, Institute of History and Archaeology, Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Ekaterinburg, Russia
E-mail: shumk@mail.ru
ORCID: 0000-0003-1858-8001

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UDC 94(914):316.35
DOI: 10.58529/2782-6511-2023-2-3-110-131

ABSTRACT. The published document is a report on the first trip of A.S. Ermolov as the Minister of Agriculture and State Property to the regions of the Russian Empire. The route of this trip ran through the territories of regions that had relatively recently been annexed to the Russian Empire — along the Black Sea Caucasian coast, Transcaucasia, Transcaspian region and Turkestan Region. Of all these regions, Ermolov found the most difficult situation on the Black Sea coast. The note from a third person describes his impressions of the trip to the Caucasus, sets forth the problems of the region, indicates the probable causes that led to their occurrence, and outlines a program for the socio-economic development of the region. With this note, the Minister of Agriculture and State Property drew the attention of Nicholas II to the difficult socio-economic situation of the Black Sea coast and thereby initiated the preparation and implementation of a whole complex of administrative and socio-economic measures, during which the Black Sea Province was formed, the policy of settling the region with peasants from the central provinces of Russia was activated, the support for «high» agricultural culture was organized, the foundations of the resort business were laid, the transport infrastructure was modernized. The reforms carried out determined the main directions of socio-economic development of the region in the 20th — early 21st centuries. The publication of the source is preceded by an introductory article, which outlines the range of tasks assigned to the Ministry of Agriculture and State Property, as well as the results of the transformations carried out in the Caucasus on the initiative of A. S. Ermolov.

KEYWORDS: A. S. Ermolov, Caucasus, Black Sea coast, Black Sea province, colonization.

For citation: Shumkin G. N. The Minister of Agriculture and State Property’s Note On His Trip to the Black Sea Caucasian Coast in 1894 // Historical Geography Journal. 2023 Vol. 2 № 3 P. 110–131.

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Mikhail I. Weber
Candidate of Historical Sciences, Institute of History and Archaeology, Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Ekaterinburg, Russia
E-mail: mikeveber@mail.ru
ORCID: 0000-0001-7512-6087

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UDC 94(571.1)«1918»
DOI: 10.58529/2782-6511-2023-2-3-132-151

ABSTRACT. The paper presents the letter from Bolshevik Alexander Ignatievich Tarasov-Rodionov, who later became a famous Soviet writer, to the top party leadership describing his journey from red Petrograd to white Tyumen and back across the front line in July — August 1918 Excluded from the party on the eve of his trip to Tyumen, Alexander Tarasov-Rodionov decided to use his trip as a way to regain the trust of party leadership by collecting and providing the latter with valuable information about the state of white rear. To this end, during his journey, he was interested in the course of hostilities, the political and economic situation in the white-occupied areas of the Volga region, the Urals and Western Siberia. The source of the information received by Tarasov-Rodionov was his own observations, materials from anti-Bolshevik newspapers and conversations with fellow travelers. The result of his observations on his return from the trip, he outlined in a detailed letter to the Petrograd Bureau of the Central Committee of the RCP(b), written on August 27, 1918 This letter is a valuable historical source on the initial period of the Civil War in the East of Russia, containing interesting information about the White terror, about everyday life in the White rear, as well as about the tactics of combat operations at the front, collected by the author at the risk of his life during his journey. To visualize the route of Tarasov-Rodionov’s journey, a schematic map was prepared, published in the appendix to the paper.

KEYWORDS: Civil War, Eastern Front, Urals, Siberia, White terror, travelogue.

For citation: Weber M. I. An Unsentimental Journey: The Letter from A. I. Tarasov-Rodionov to Petrograd Bureau of Central Committee of RCP(B) about His Trip to Siberia in the Summer of 1918 // Historical Geography Journal. 2023 Vol. 2 № 3 P. 132–151.

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