Metadata : The Provincial Board (Gubernskoe Pravlenie, Губернское правление) of Tbilisi
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. 26
- Title:
- The Provincial Board (Gubernskoe Pravlenie, Губернское правление) of Tbilisi
- Title (official language):
- თვილისის საგუბერნიო მმართველობა
- Creator/accumulator:
- Provincial Board of Tbilisi
- Date(s):
- 1802/1919
- Language:
- Russian
- Extent:
- ca 37,500 files
- Type of material:
- Textual material
- Scope and content:
-
In 19th century Imperial Russia, Provincial Boards were legally designated as the main administrative bodies of the Governorates. In practice, however, they were completely subordinate to the Governors and had rather limited authority. The Governorate Boards addressed various administrative issues and were responsible, among other things, for supervision of law enforcement throughout the Governorates and for arbitration between individuals and institutions.
The Governorate Board addressed numerous Jewish-related issues. The Jewish-related files can be divided into the following categories:
1. Financial disputes and judicial issues: debts to and of Jews – such as files from 1810, 1812, 1844, 1895 and other years on debts to be collected from Jewish debtors (the latter file mentions members of the Krihely family); disputes over land owning, such as in an 1852 appeal by Jewish peasants from the area of Surami, and a dispute in 1856 and 1857 in the county of Gori; records from 1842, 1864, 1916 and other years on the selling of belongings and property of Jewish locals in order to cover their debts (a file from 1857 mentions a search made in the Governorate of Tbilisi on the request of the Provincial Board of Vilnius).
2. Records related to the legal status of the Jewish population in the region: a file from 1806 mentions restrictions on the commercial activities of Jews in the region, while a correspondence from 1838 discusses the registration of Jewish artisans arriving to Tbilisi; files from 1852 and other years mention discussions of requests by Jews to open print houses and other businesses in Tbilisi and the Governorate; a file from 1892 contains a correspondence on the Jews' rights to produce oil in the Region. The legal status of Jews - including Jewish serfs - their registration and occasional expulsions are mentioned in many files (mostly from the beginning of the 20th century; occasional files from the period of World War I mention Jewish refugees arriving in the region). A file from 1833 contains papers discussing the orders of oath for pregnant Jewish women (possibly, the same documents included in f. 16; see its description in the Yerusha database). Several files mention the election of rabbis in Tbilisi and other communities (1856, 1915), requests of information regarding rabbis and other communal functionaries (1903), on the numbers of Jewish traditional schools (1911) etc. There is a file from 1855 regarding the opening of a Jewish cemetery in Gori. Another file from the same year mentions an order to record the numbers of Jewish synagogues and prayer houses in the region. Correspondence, regulations and reports related to Jewish vital records can be also found in the collection.
3. Jewish communal and social activities are also reflected in records on Jewish voluntary associations in Tbilisi and the Governorate: files from the first decades of the 20th century include the Provincial Board's discussion of request to establish such organisations as "The Jewish Children Aid Society" (1908) or "The Jewish Dramatic Circle" (1909). Statutes and annual reports of the "Jewish Benevolent Society of Tbilisi" can be also found in the collection (1900, 1902, 1909 and other years).
4. Records of cases of violence and criminal investigations: cases of violence by and against Jews (such a s a case of a Jewish resident accused in 1817 of selling his relative and a murder of a Jewish individual in 1827); reports and other records on cases of robbery – such as a 1845 correspondence on the robbery of goods and money from Moshe Bozashvili and Abraham Krihely; cases of bribery and other economic crimes involving Jews (1845, 1887, 1889 and other years). A file from 1904 mentions an investigation on an alleged case of a child marriage in the community of Tskhinvali (1904).
5. Some records mention cases of Jewish apostasy, as well as Judaising sects which were active in the Governorate.
- Archival history:
- 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 Provincial Board of Tbilisi was formed from the Executive Expedition of the Chief Georgian Government that was established in 1802. From 1840 it functioned as a Provincial Board of Georgia-Imeretia. After the creation of the Governorate of Tbilisi in the second half of the 1840s it assumed the name of the Provincial Board of Tbilisi. The Board's collection includes materials from all the periods of its activity – from the beginning of the 19th century until after the revolutions of 1917.
- Access points: locations:
- Tbilisi
- Tskhinvali
- Access points: persons/families:
- Bozashvili, Moshe
- Krihely
- Krihely, Abraham
- System of arrangement:
- The collection includes six inventories.
- 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.
For additional info on the activities of the Provincial Board see the survey f. 204 (Construction Department of the Provincial Board [Gubernskoe Pravlenie] of Tbilisi).
- Author of the description:
- Alex Valdman (Central Archives for the History of the Jewish People), 2016
- Reference number:
- f. 26
- Title:
- The Provincial Board (Gubernskoe Pravlenie, Губернское правление) of Tbilisi
- Title (official language):
- თვილისის საგუბერნიო მმართველობა
- Creator/accumulator:
- Provincial Board of Tbilisi
- Date(s):
- 1802/1919
- Language:
- Russian
- Extent:
- ca 37,500 files
- Type of material:
- Textual material
- Scope and content:
-
In 19th century Imperial Russia, Provincial Boards were legally designated as the main administrative bodies of the Governorates. In practice, however, they were completely subordinate to the Governors and had rather limited authority. The Governorate Boards addressed various administrative issues and were responsible, among other things, for supervision of law enforcement throughout the Governorates and for arbitration between individuals and institutions.
The Governorate Board addressed numerous Jewish-related issues. The Jewish-related files can be divided into the following categories:
1. Financial disputes and judicial issues: debts to and of Jews – such as files from 1810, 1812, 1844, 1895 and other years on debts to be collected from Jewish debtors (the latter file mentions members of the Krihely family); disputes over land owning, such as in an 1852 appeal by Jewish peasants from the area of Surami, and a dispute in 1856 and 1857 in the county of Gori; records from 1842, 1864, 1916 and other years on the selling of belongings and property of Jewish locals in order to cover their debts (a file from 1857 mentions a search made in the Governorate of Tbilisi on the request of the Provincial Board of Vilnius).
2. Records related to the legal status of the Jewish population in the region: a file from 1806 mentions restrictions on the commercial activities of Jews in the region, while a correspondence from 1838 discusses the registration of Jewish artisans arriving to Tbilisi; files from 1852 and other years mention discussions of requests by Jews to open print houses and other businesses in Tbilisi and the Governorate; a file from 1892 contains a correspondence on the Jews' rights to produce oil in the Region. The legal status of Jews - including Jewish serfs - their registration and occasional expulsions are mentioned in many files (mostly from the beginning of the 20th century; occasional files from the period of World War I mention Jewish refugees arriving in the region). A file from 1833 contains papers discussing the orders of oath for pregnant Jewish women (possibly, the same documents included in f. 16; see its description in the Yerusha database). Several files mention the election of rabbis in Tbilisi and other communities (1856, 1915), requests of information regarding rabbis and other communal functionaries (1903), on the numbers of Jewish traditional schools (1911) etc. There is a file from 1855 regarding the opening of a Jewish cemetery in Gori. Another file from the same year mentions an order to record the numbers of Jewish synagogues and prayer houses in the region. Correspondence, regulations and reports related to Jewish vital records can be also found in the collection.
3. Jewish communal and social activities are also reflected in records on Jewish voluntary associations in Tbilisi and the Governorate: files from the first decades of the 20th century include the Provincial Board's discussion of request to establish such organisations as "The Jewish Children Aid Society" (1908) or "The Jewish Dramatic Circle" (1909). Statutes and annual reports of the "Jewish Benevolent Society of Tbilisi" can be also found in the collection (1900, 1902, 1909 and other years).
4. Records of cases of violence and criminal investigations: cases of violence by and against Jews (such a s a case of a Jewish resident accused in 1817 of selling his relative and a murder of a Jewish individual in 1827); reports and other records on cases of robbery – such as a 1845 correspondence on the robbery of goods and money from Moshe Bozashvili and Abraham Krihely; cases of bribery and other economic crimes involving Jews (1845, 1887, 1889 and other years). A file from 1904 mentions an investigation on an alleged case of a child marriage in the community of Tskhinvali (1904).
5. Some records mention cases of Jewish apostasy, as well as Judaising sects which were active in the Governorate.
- Archival history:
- 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 Provincial Board of Tbilisi was formed from the Executive Expedition of the Chief Georgian Government that was established in 1802. From 1840 it functioned as a Provincial Board of Georgia-Imeretia. After the creation of the Governorate of Tbilisi in the second half of the 1840s it assumed the name of the Provincial Board of Tbilisi. The Board's collection includes materials from all the periods of its activity – from the beginning of the 19th century until after the revolutions of 1917.
- Access points: locations:
- Tbilisi
- Tskhinvali
- Access points: persons/families:
- Bozashvili, Moshe
- Krihely
- Krihely, Abraham
- System of arrangement:
- The collection includes six inventories.
- 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.
For additional info on the activities of the Provincial Board see the survey f. 204 (Construction Department of the Provincial Board [Gubernskoe Pravlenie] of Tbilisi).
- Author of the description:
- Alex Valdman (Central Archives for the History of the Jewish People), 2016
