THE REFORM OF THE GOVERNMENTAL COLONY SYSTEM FOR RUSSIAN GERMANS IN THE LATE RUSSIAN EMPIRE: METHODS OF ARCHIVAL TEXT ANALYSIS
Abstract
This paper considers the methods of historical research applied by the authors to the analysis of the reforms in the late Russian Empire 1860-70es, which completely changed the system of local authorities for Russian Germans. This study also explores the main principles of processing the archival data and represents the most common research strategies of Tsar, Soviet and modern Russian historians, as well as their German, American and French colleagues.
About the Author
V. V. Khegai
Yuri Gagarin State Technical University of Saratov
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Postgraduate student of the Department of Russian history and culture,
Saratov
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