Creation and operation of the Party Archives of the CPSU regional committee of the Kalmyk ASSR. 1920–1991
https://doi.org/10.28995/2658-6541-2021-4-100-114
Abstract
In the article, the author examines the history of the creation of the Party Archives and its activities, carries out research on the impact of the changes in the socio-political, national and state structures of the country on the development of the Party Archives. The chronological framework covers the period from December 12, 1920, the date of the joint meeting of the Communists of the Kalmyk region, which elected the district committee of the RCP (b), up to the liquidation of the Party Archives of the reskom of the KASSR, associated with the adoption of Presidential Decree no. 169 of November 6, 1991 “On the activities of the CPSU and the CP of the RSFSR”, which announced the termination of the activities of the CPSU and the CP of the RSFSR on the territory of the country. The activities of the Party Archives since December 1943, a tragic date in the fate of the Kalmyk people – the liquidation of the Kalmyk ASSR and the deportation of the Kalmyk people to the eastern regions of the country until 1957, a significant date – the restoration of the autonomy of the Kalmyk people, have not been touched upon because on the territory of the liquidated republic, the regional committees of the CPSU and the Komsomol and a number of district committees have ceased to exist.
Keywords
Party Archives,
Regional Committee of the CPSU,
archival documents,
Party and Komsomol bodies,
declassification,
Kalmykia
Supporting agencies: The work was carried out with the financial support of a grant in the form of a grant from the federal budget allocated for state support of scientific research conducted under the leadership of a leading scientist (project No. 075- 15-2019-1879 “From paleogenetics to cultural anthropology: a comprehensive interdisciplinary study of the traditions of the peoples of cross-border regions: migration, intercultural interaction and the world picture”).
About the Author
L. B. Mandzhikova
Kalmyk Scientific Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Larisa B. Mandzhikova
bld. 8, I.K. Ilishkin St., Elista, Republic of Kalmykia 358000
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Mandzhikova L.B. Creation and operation of the Party Archives of the CPSU regional committee of the Kalmyk ASSR. 1920–1991. History and Archives. 2021;(4):100-114. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.28995/2658-6541-2021-4-100-114
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