Personal files of clergymen in diocesan repositories as a source on the history of the Russian Orthodox Church in the middle — second half of the 20th century (using materials of Smolensk diocesan administration)

This article is devoted to the study of one of the least studied groups of historical sources - the personal files of clergy. The archive of the Smolensk diocesan administration was used as a representative material. Based on the causal method, it was possible to consider a number of personal affair...

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Main Author: Ilya Burdukov
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Language:Russian
Published: St. Tikhon's Orthodox University 2022-12-01
Series:Вестник Православного Свято-Тихоновского гуманитарного университета: Серия ИИ. История, история Русской Православной Церкви
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description This article is devoted to the study of one of the least studied groups of historical sources - the personal files of clergy. The archive of the Smolensk diocesan administration was used as a representative material. Based on the causal method, it was possible to consider a number of personal affairs of clergymen and, on their basis, identify those thematic blocks, the study of which contributes to a fuller and deeper immersion in the historical realities of the existence of the Russian Orthodox Church through the prism of the life and work of the clergy. The documents of the diocesan archives are able to shed light on certain circumstances of the life of a clergyman of the Soviet period and see his true portrait thanks to the testimonies that have been preserved in personal files - service records, autobiographies, complaints, clippings from periodicals, etc. The determining factor in the objectivity of consideration of this kind of documents involves the use of an integrated approach that can fill those gaps that are inevitable in office work. In this regard, when studying the personal files of clergymen of the Soviet period, it is necessary to take into account the factor of verification of the information contained in them due to political realities and the subjectivity of decisions of one bishop or another, or employees of the diocesan administration. This work does not claim to be exhausted. On the contrary, this attempt at research is aimed, firstly, at drawing attention to the problem of the lack of knowledge of the designated kind of sources. Secondly, it seems important to pay attention to the safety and accessibility for researchers of diocesan archives. The latter requires special attention, and the fate of a significant layer of history not only of the Church, its ministers, but also of our state depends on the resolution of these issues
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spelling doaj-art-065c5fcb4f5143f48f90ae6e42ee44362025-08-20T01:51:28ZrusSt. Tikhon's Orthodox UniversityВестник Православного Свято-Тихоновского гуманитарного университета: Серия ИИ. История, история Русской Православной Церкви1991-64342409-48112022-12-01104104122131http://dx.doi.org/10.15382/sturII2022104.122-1318Personal files of clergymen in diocesan repositories as a source on the history of the Russian Orthodox Church in the middle — second half of the 20th century (using materials of Smolensk diocesan administration)Ilya Burdukov0Smolensk Orthodox Theological SeminaryThis article is devoted to the study of one of the least studied groups of historical sources - the personal files of clergy. The archive of the Smolensk diocesan administration was used as a representative material. Based on the causal method, it was possible to consider a number of personal affairs of clergymen and, on their basis, identify those thematic blocks, the study of which contributes to a fuller and deeper immersion in the historical realities of the existence of the Russian Orthodox Church through the prism of the life and work of the clergy. The documents of the diocesan archives are able to shed light on certain circumstances of the life of a clergyman of the Soviet period and see his true portrait thanks to the testimonies that have been preserved in personal files - service records, autobiographies, complaints, clippings from periodicals, etc. The determining factor in the objectivity of consideration of this kind of documents involves the use of an integrated approach that can fill those gaps that are inevitable in office work. In this regard, when studying the personal files of clergymen of the Soviet period, it is necessary to take into account the factor of verification of the information contained in them due to political realities and the subjectivity of decisions of one bishop or another, or employees of the diocesan administration. This work does not claim to be exhausted. On the contrary, this attempt at research is aimed, firstly, at drawing attention to the problem of the lack of knowledge of the designated kind of sources. Secondly, it seems important to pay attention to the safety and accessibility for researchers of diocesan archives. The latter requires special attention, and the fate of a significant layer of history not only of the Church, its ministers, but also of our state depends on the resolution of these issueshttps://periodical.pstgu.ru/ru/pdf/article/7712archival fund of the russian federation smolensk diocesan administration office work personal affairs of clergymen track record autobiography feuilleton sources on the history of the russian church complaints about priestsархивный фонд рф смоленское епархиальное управление делопроизводство личные дела священнослужителей послужной список автобиография фельетон источники по истории русской церкви жалобы на священников
spellingShingle Ilya Burdukov
Personal files of clergymen in diocesan repositories as a source on the history of the Russian Orthodox Church in the middle — second half of the 20th century (using materials of Smolensk diocesan administration)
Вестник Православного Свято-Тихоновского гуманитарного университета: Серия ИИ. История, история Русской Православной Церкви
archival fund of the russian federation
smolensk diocesan administration
office work
personal affairs of clergymen
track record
autobiography
feuilleton
sources on the history of the russian church
complaints about priests
архивный фонд рф
смоленское епархиальное управление
делопроизводство
личные дела священнослужителей
послужной список
автобиография
фельетон
источники по истории русской церкви
жалобы на священников
title Personal files of clergymen in diocesan repositories as a source on the history of the Russian Orthodox Church in the middle — second half of the 20th century (using materials of Smolensk diocesan administration)
title_full Personal files of clergymen in diocesan repositories as a source on the history of the Russian Orthodox Church in the middle — second half of the 20th century (using materials of Smolensk diocesan administration)
title_fullStr Personal files of clergymen in diocesan repositories as a source on the history of the Russian Orthodox Church in the middle — second half of the 20th century (using materials of Smolensk diocesan administration)
title_full_unstemmed Personal files of clergymen in diocesan repositories as a source on the history of the Russian Orthodox Church in the middle — second half of the 20th century (using materials of Smolensk diocesan administration)
title_short Personal files of clergymen in diocesan repositories as a source on the history of the Russian Orthodox Church in the middle — second half of the 20th century (using materials of Smolensk diocesan administration)
title_sort personal files of clergymen in diocesan repositories as a source on the history of the russian orthodox church in the middle second half of the 20th century using materials of smolensk diocesan administration
topic archival fund of the russian federation
smolensk diocesan administration
office work
personal affairs of clergymen
track record
autobiography
feuilleton
sources on the history of the russian church
complaints about priests
архивный фонд рф
смоленское епархиальное управление
делопроизводство
личные дела священнослужителей
послужной список
автобиография
фельетон
источники по истории русской церкви
жалобы на священников
url https://periodical.pstgu.ru/ru/pdf/article/7712
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