Archival funds of personal origin as a source for research on the professional activities and personal lives of prominent business leaders

The article presents the results of an analysis based on archival materials of funds of personal origin of major leaders of industry, construction and transport, which are stored in the State Archive of the Novosibirsk region. The structure, composition and content of the personal archival funds of individual prominent business leaders are revealed. Their outstanding role in the development of the economy of the Novosibirsk region is determined, and their importance in preserving the cultural heritage of Siberia is shown. The personal archival funds of the Heroes of Socialist Labor, the heads of key defense industrial enterprises located in Novosibirsk, V.V. Kozlov and A.I. Brykin, are considered in more detail. Special attention is paid to their memories. The palette of documents related to various industrial and political events in which V.V. Kozlov took part is quite fully presented. It is noted that unique and previously unpublished official and family photographs occupy a significant place in his personal archive fund.

The texts of his speeches dedicated to the most important anniversaries of the country, region, city, and factory have been deposited in A.I. Brykin’s personal archive fund. The visual materials are represented by photographs of A.I. Brykin, his parents, colleagues, the participants of the major regional events, the delegates of the 25^th CPSU Congress. The valuable source is the album of photographs on the history of the factory.

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