The rise and history of archaeography in Tuva

Authors

  • Maya S. Maadyr Tuvan State University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.25178/nit.2020.2.2

Keywords:

Tuva; archaeography; archival document; history of Tuva; archaeography of Tuva; archival work; Vladimir Andreyevich Dubrovsky

Abstract

The article examines the issues of the rise and development of editing and publishing archival documents in Tuva. For our sources, we used collections of archival documents published over a number of years, including those prepared by the National Archives of the Republic of Tuva (prior to 07.04.2020 known as the State Archives of RT) and the Tuvan Institute for the Humanities and Applied and Socioeconomic Studies. All of these editions were devoted to events, facts and dates in Tuva’s History.

The history of archaeography in Tuva began almost 90 years ago, with the earliest documentary editions published in 1920s-1940. The next stage in its history lasted from mid-1950s to mid-2000s. The article examines the significant contribution made by V.A. Dubrovsky, director of the Central Archives of Tuvan Autonomous Oblast and Tuva’s first archaeographer. 2001 marks a conspicuous rise in archaeographical work, with 25 of 34 publications on Tuvan archaeography appearing in the last two decades.

The collections that appeared over that period are known for their high level of archaeographical professionalism, which can be seen in their structuring, titles of the documents and excellent scholarly apparatus. These include E.A. Adamov’s “The Uriankhai question under the Imperial and Provisional governments” (2007), and, among others, “History of the Tuvan People’s Republic in archival documents, 1921-1944: For the 90th anniversary of its creation” (2011), a two-volume collection “History of the city in the center of Asia” (2009, 2012), and “A collection of archival documents on the history of Tuva” in 4 volumes (2011, 2014).

For both researchers and general readers with an interest in Tuvan history, these publications have opened a large number of documentary sources. They will help reassess numerous issues in the history of the region, and also illustrate the expansion of scholarly links between Tuvan research institutions and the archives and research centers in Russia and neighboring Mongolia.

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Published

12.06.2020

How to Cite

Маадыр М. С. История становления археографии Тувы // Новые исследования Тувы. 2020. № 2. С. 32-46. DOI: https://www.doi.org/10.25178/nit.2020.2.2

Maadyr M. S. The rise and history of archaeography in Tuva. The New Research of Tuva. 2020; 2: 32-46. DOI: https://www.doi.org/10.25178/nit.2020.2.2

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Author Biography

Maya S. Maadyr, Tuvan State University

Candidate of History, Senior lecturer, Department of General History, Archaeology and Document Studies, Department of History, Tuvan State University.

Postal address: 5 Lenina St., 667000 Kyzyl, Russian Federation.

Tel.: +7 (983) 365-86-25.

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