Military town in the Novonikolaevsk on the eve of World War I: historiography and source study aspects
| 12 December 2023
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Umbrashko K.B., Novosibirsk, Russian Federation
Military town in the Novonikolaevsk on the eve of World War I: historiography and source study aspects
Annotation
This article contains analysis of historiography and source origin and initial functioning of the Military town, established in the territory Novonikolaevsk (Novosibirsk) on the eve of the World War I as the strategic point of Trans-Siberian railway. The construction of the campus began in 1910 to “provide the forces necessary for them space”. Throughout the 20th – early 21st century’s Military town has retained its original character and is still functioning in the system of the Ministry of defense of the Russian Federation. This article aims show the historiographical trends study the history of creation of a complex of buildings for the Military Department and analyze historical subjects related to the construction and initial operation of the Military town. We have complex photo-sources, established in 1913 and 1917, with views of the Military town. In addition, researchers identified postcards (“open letters”); standard projects of buildings and constructions of military purpose of the early twentieth century; the complexes of written sources stored in the Central archives of the Russian state military history archive, the State archive of the Russian Federation and others) and in the funds of the regional archives (State archive of Novosibirsk region, State archive of Tomsk region, State archive of the Altai territory, the State archive of Omsk region, State archive of Tyumen region). The article summarized and analyzed these complexes sources Their presence has allowed domestic researchers of the 20th century to build interesting conceptions of the role of the Military town in history, Novonikolaevsk-Novosibirsk and outline of the effect of this complex architectural sources on military actions in the scope of the First world war and the great Russian revolution in early 20th century. The article analyzes the scientific build historians such as S.N. Balandin, V.I. Bayandin, G.A. Bochanova, L.M. Goryushkin, V.A. Lamin, G.A. Nozdrin, Yu.A. Fabrica, L.N. Ceplyaev, I.F. Cyplakov, M.V. Shilovskiy etc.
Keywords
Novonikolaevsk (Novosibirsk), Military town, source study, historiography, concept, The World War I.
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Umbrashko Konstantin Borisovich, the doctor of historical sciences, the professor, the head of chair of General history, historiography and source study, “Novosibirsk state pedagogical university”, Novosibirsk, Russian Federation, 8-913-727-16-90, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it