Metadata : Office of General Affairs of the Headquarters of the Caucasus Viceroy
Collection
- Country:
- Georgia
- Holding institution:
- The Central Historical Archive of Georgia
- Holding institution (official language):
- საისტორიო ცენტრალური არქივი
- Postal address:
- 1, Vazha-Pshavela, Tbilisi, Georgia
- Email:
- info@archives.gov.ge
- Country:
- Georgia
- Holding institution:
- The Central Historical Archive of Georgia
- Holding institution (official language):
- საისტორიო ცენტრალური არქივი
- Postal address:
- 1, Vazha-Pshavela, Tbilisi, Georgia
- Email:
- info@archives.gov.ge
- Reference number:
- f. 8
- Title:
- Office of General Affairs of the Headquarters of the Caucasus Viceroy
- Title (official language):
- კავკასიის მეფინაცვლის მთავარი სამმართველოს საერო საქმეთა დეპარტამენტი
- Creator/accumulator:
- Office of General Affairs of the Headquarters of the Caucasus Viceroy
- Date(s):
- 1859/1868
- Language:
- Russian
- Extent:
- 6,197 files
- Type of material:
- Textual material
- Scope and content:
-
The collection of the Office of General Affairs includes a variety of materials, reflecting the activities of the Russian administration at the Caucasus Region – founding of cities and settlements, supervision of local administration in different parts of the Region, issues of education, culture, transportation, communication, security etc. Some of the files in the collection include Jewish-related material.
Several files mention Jews wishing to settle in certain parts of the region (such as in the case of Jewish brothers from Tbilisi, who requested a permit to move to Stavropol in 1859), Jews who were expelled from the region by the authorities (a plea by Jews from Tbilisi concerning their expelled fellow can be found in a 1863 file), and Jewish subjects of foreign countries, wishing to become Russian subjects (an 1863 file includes an application for Russian citizenship filed by Jews from Persia). A file from 1865 contains a plea by a Karaite Hakham wishing to visit the Region in order to study the communities of the Mountain Jews.
In some cases, Jewish names can be found in documents on finance and taxation; for instance, papers from 1865 include correspondence on money owed by a deceased Jewish local, while another file from the same year includes a request for support, filed by a Georgian Jew who "was robbed by the Lezgins."
Jewish soldiers mentioned in an 1863 correspondence, discussing a plea to allow the construction of a Jewish prayer house in Stavropol.
Files from 1863 include an appeal by a Jewish teacher at the Gymnasium of Poltava to be chosen as the Chief Rabbi of the Caucasus Region, as well as a request by a Jewish local to print prayers praising the Grand Duke Konstantin, the Caucasus Viceroy.
- Archival history:
- The archive of the Caucasian Viceroyalty was evacuated from Tbilisi during World War I. Many files were lost during the archive's transportation and temporary storage in Krasnodar. In the 1920s the materials of the Russian administration in Tbilisi were transferred to the newly established Main Historical Archive of Georgia. In 1939 this archive became part of the Central State Historical Archive of Georgia, the predecessor of the current Central Historical Archive.
- Administrative/biographical history:
- The Russian rule in the Caucasian region was represented by a Viceroy during three different periods. The first Caucasian Viceroyalty that functioned in practice as a governorate existed in late 18th century, the second was established in 1844 and liquidated in 1882, and the third existed in the first decades of the 20th century. The materials of the current collection relate to the second period, when the Viceroyalty served as the main Russian administrative authority in the Caucasus. Its city of residence was Tbilisi.
- System of arrangement:
- The collection includes one inventory, arranged on a chronological basis.
- Access, restrictions:
- The collection is open for reference at the Central Historical Archive of Georgia.
- Finding aids:
- A list of files is available at the Central Historical Archive of Georgia. A list of Jewish-related files is available at the CAHJP in Jerusalem.
- Author of the description:
- Alex Valdman (Central Archives for the History of the Jewish People), 2016
- Reference number:
- f. 8
- Title:
- Office of General Affairs of the Headquarters of the Caucasus Viceroy
- Title (official language):
- კავკასიის მეფინაცვლის მთავარი სამმართველოს საერო საქმეთა დეპარტამენტი
- Creator/accumulator:
- Office of General Affairs of the Headquarters of the Caucasus Viceroy
- Date(s):
- 1859/1868
- Language:
- Russian
- Extent:
- 6,197 files
- Type of material:
- Textual material
- Scope and content:
-
The collection of the Office of General Affairs includes a variety of materials, reflecting the activities of the Russian administration at the Caucasus Region – founding of cities and settlements, supervision of local administration in different parts of the Region, issues of education, culture, transportation, communication, security etc. Some of the files in the collection include Jewish-related material.
Several files mention Jews wishing to settle in certain parts of the region (such as in the case of Jewish brothers from Tbilisi, who requested a permit to move to Stavropol in 1859), Jews who were expelled from the region by the authorities (a plea by Jews from Tbilisi concerning their expelled fellow can be found in a 1863 file), and Jewish subjects of foreign countries, wishing to become Russian subjects (an 1863 file includes an application for Russian citizenship filed by Jews from Persia). A file from 1865 contains a plea by a Karaite Hakham wishing to visit the Region in order to study the communities of the Mountain Jews.
In some cases, Jewish names can be found in documents on finance and taxation; for instance, papers from 1865 include correspondence on money owed by a deceased Jewish local, while another file from the same year includes a request for support, filed by a Georgian Jew who "was robbed by the Lezgins."
Jewish soldiers mentioned in an 1863 correspondence, discussing a plea to allow the construction of a Jewish prayer house in Stavropol.
Files from 1863 include an appeal by a Jewish teacher at the Gymnasium of Poltava to be chosen as the Chief Rabbi of the Caucasus Region, as well as a request by a Jewish local to print prayers praising the Grand Duke Konstantin, the Caucasus Viceroy.
- Archival history:
- The archive of the Caucasian Viceroyalty was evacuated from Tbilisi during World War I. Many files were lost during the archive's transportation and temporary storage in Krasnodar. In the 1920s the materials of the Russian administration in Tbilisi were transferred to the newly established Main Historical Archive of Georgia. In 1939 this archive became part of the Central State Historical Archive of Georgia, the predecessor of the current Central Historical Archive.
- Administrative/biographical history:
- The Russian rule in the Caucasian region was represented by a Viceroy during three different periods. The first Caucasian Viceroyalty that functioned in practice as a governorate existed in late 18th century, the second was established in 1844 and liquidated in 1882, and the third existed in the first decades of the 20th century. The materials of the current collection relate to the second period, when the Viceroyalty served as the main Russian administrative authority in the Caucasus. Its city of residence was Tbilisi.
- System of arrangement:
- The collection includes one inventory, arranged on a chronological basis.
- Access, restrictions:
- The collection is open for reference at the Central Historical Archive of Georgia.
- Finding aids:
- A list of files is available at the Central Historical Archive of Georgia. A list of Jewish-related files is available at the CAHJP in Jerusalem.
- Author of the description:
- Alex Valdman (Central Archives for the History of the Jewish People), 2016
