Metadata : Office of Judicial 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. 9
- Title:
- Office of Judicial Affairs of the Headquarters of the Caucasus Viceroy
- Title (official language):
- კავკასიის მეფინაცვლის მთავარი სამმართველოს სამოსამართლო საქმეთა დეპარტამენტი
- Creator/accumulator:
- Office of Judicial Affairs of the Headquarters of the Caucasus Viceroy
- Date(s):
- 1859/1867
- Language:
- Russian
- Extent:
- 4,441 files
- Type of material:
- Textual material
- Scope and content:
-
The collection includes various materials on the Russian Imperial judicial system in the Caucasus in the late 1850s and 1860s. Along with papers on legal processes, reports on criminal activities and other judiciary-related materials, the collection includes sources on various administrative issues, such as the regional governments' national policies, organisation of local administration and other administrative and governmental matters.
The Jewish-related materials of the collection can be divided into three main categories:
1. Materials of criminal character: files on robberies and other assaults against Jews, such as a robbery of two Jews in the late 1850's at the village of Kulashi (where a significant community of Georgian Jews resided), an 1860 attack and robbery of a Jewish merchant, allegedly made by members of the Nogai ethnic group, and a report on an attack on Jewish brothers from the Jewish suburb of Quba (Qırmızı Qəsəbə), 1865. Another file includes a complaint by Jews from the county of Gori on mistreatment by their landowners, belonging to the Palavandov (Palavandishvili) family. Jewish criminals are mentioned in the files as well: a file from 1862 mentions a trial of a Jew accused in counterfeiting and a file from 1863 includes papers on a trial of a Jew accused of theft.
2. Several files mention financial disputes, unpaid debts and other similar issues involving Jews; a file from 1860 mentions a debt owed by a resident of Kizliar to the Jew Isaiah Azaria; papers from 1864 mention 1,530 rubles owed by a Jewish resident of Kutaisi, and a dispute between a Jewish merchant and his supplier from Vladikavkaz.
3. Other part of the Jewish-related materials reflects the legal status of the Jewish individuals and communities in the Caucasus Region, such as an 1865 correspondence on the closure of a synagogue in Pyatigorsk, and papers from the same year on the employment of Christian servants by the Jewish community of Vladikavkaz.
- 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.
- Access points: locations:
- Kulashi
- Vladikavkaz
- Access points: persons/families:
- Azaria, Isaiah
- Palavandishvili
- Palavandov
- System of arrangement:
- The collection includes one inventory.
- 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. 9
- Title:
- Office of Judicial Affairs of the Headquarters of the Caucasus Viceroy
- Title (official language):
- კავკასიის მეფინაცვლის მთავარი სამმართველოს სამოსამართლო საქმეთა დეპარტამენტი
- Creator/accumulator:
- Office of Judicial Affairs of the Headquarters of the Caucasus Viceroy
- Date(s):
- 1859/1867
- Language:
- Russian
- Extent:
- 4,441 files
- Type of material:
- Textual material
- Scope and content:
-
The collection includes various materials on the Russian Imperial judicial system in the Caucasus in the late 1850s and 1860s. Along with papers on legal processes, reports on criminal activities and other judiciary-related materials, the collection includes sources on various administrative issues, such as the regional governments' national policies, organisation of local administration and other administrative and governmental matters.
The Jewish-related materials of the collection can be divided into three main categories:
1. Materials of criminal character: files on robberies and other assaults against Jews, such as a robbery of two Jews in the late 1850's at the village of Kulashi (where a significant community of Georgian Jews resided), an 1860 attack and robbery of a Jewish merchant, allegedly made by members of the Nogai ethnic group, and a report on an attack on Jewish brothers from the Jewish suburb of Quba (Qırmızı Qəsəbə), 1865. Another file includes a complaint by Jews from the county of Gori on mistreatment by their landowners, belonging to the Palavandov (Palavandishvili) family. Jewish criminals are mentioned in the files as well: a file from 1862 mentions a trial of a Jew accused in counterfeiting and a file from 1863 includes papers on a trial of a Jew accused of theft.
2. Several files mention financial disputes, unpaid debts and other similar issues involving Jews; a file from 1860 mentions a debt owed by a resident of Kizliar to the Jew Isaiah Azaria; papers from 1864 mention 1,530 rubles owed by a Jewish resident of Kutaisi, and a dispute between a Jewish merchant and his supplier from Vladikavkaz.
3. Other part of the Jewish-related materials reflects the legal status of the Jewish individuals and communities in the Caucasus Region, such as an 1865 correspondence on the closure of a synagogue in Pyatigorsk, and papers from the same year on the employment of Christian servants by the Jewish community of Vladikavkaz.
- 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.
- Access points: locations:
- Kulashi
- Vladikavkaz
- Access points: persons/families:
- Azaria, Isaiah
- Palavandishvili
- Palavandov
- System of arrangement:
- The collection includes one inventory.
- 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
