THE DIARY OF PRINCE A. S. MENSHIKOV AS A HISTORICAL SOURCE Cover Image

ДНЕВНИК СВЕТЛЕЙШЕГО КНЯЗЯ А. С. МЕНШИКОВА КАК ИСТОРИЧЕСКИЙ ИСТОЧНИК
THE DIARY OF PRINCE A. S. MENSHIKOV AS A HISTORICAL SOURCE

Author(s): Ksenija Vladimirovna Donik
Subject(s): History
Published by: Петрозаводский государственный университет
Keywords: Prince Menshikov; Admiral; diary; ego-document; personal archive; Nicholas I; statesmen of the XIX century

Summary/Abstract: The article is concerned with the study of the diary belonging to the prince A. S. Menshikov. For the first time in the life of historiographyan attempt to describe the diary as a historical source is undertaken. The diary is a historical source that contains informationon the political history of the era of Alexander I and Nicholas I, the life of the court elite, the life of bureaucracy and aristocracy of thefirst half of the XIX century. The article contains a general description of the source and information on its introduction to historicalscience. The author tries to identify the place of the diary among similar documents of that time and to establish its addressee. Thestudy also surmises the reason for keeping this diary. The author came to a conclusion that there is a need for further work with thediary of Prince Menshikov and its indispensable future publication.

  • Issue Year: 2018
  • Issue No: 5 (174)
  • Page Range: 23-27
  • Page Count: 5
  • Language: Russian
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