DOCUMENTS ON THE SOCIALIST UNDERGROUND OF THE EARLY 20th CENTURY SIBERIA IN THE ARCHIVES OF THE VOLGA REGION

Abstract

The paper addresses the reflection of the underground socialist movement in the early 20th century Siberia in thedocuments that survived in the archives of the Volga region. The importance of the Volga region’s archives documenta-tion for the integral study of the Siberian socialist underground is revealed. The historical documents analysed in the paper are introduced into scientific use for the first time.

Keywords

• siberia
• the volga region
• documentary collections
• archives
• courts of law
• gendarmerie
• security departments
• socialist underground
• social democrats
• socialist revolutionaries