Crimea on the 1914 Congress of the Representatives of the Governorate Scholarly Archival Commissions
Journal: Materials in Archaeology History and Ethnography of Tauria
Year: 2024

The governorate public archival societies (commissions) established in Russia from 1884 on possessed an uncertain status and problematic financial situation, which lead to further “archival disorder” and the loss of documents important for the history of Russian provinces. Russia several times attempted to make an archival reform by subordinating provincial archives to central institutions. The next stage in the implementation of this idea was the transfer of methodological guidance over public