Metadata: The Merchant Elder (Купеческий староста (Kupecheskii starosta))/ Merchantry Council (Купеческая управа (Kupecheskaia uprava)) 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
- Reference number:
- f. 198
- Title:
- The Merchant Elder (Купеческий староста (Kupecheskii starosta))/ Merchantry Council (Купеческая управа (Kupecheskaia uprava)) of Tbilisi
- Title (official language):
- თბილისის ვაჭართა გამგეობა
- Creator/accumulator:
- Merchant Elder/Merchantry Council of Tbilisi
- Date(s):
- 1876/1917
- Language:
- Russian
- Extent:
- 232 files
- Type of material:
- Textual material
- Scope and content:
- The collection includes various materials on the activities of the local Merchants' society of Tbilisi: papers related to the elections of Merchant Elders, on the establishment of a local Commerce School, correspondence on various administrative issues, annual reports etc. Jewish members of the Merchants' society are mentioned in lists of the merchants of Tbilisi (1887, 1888, 1891 and other years), in papers related to exclusion of individuals from the Merchant estate and in correspondence on the issuance of various permits and certificates.
- 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 Merchant Elders, annually elected by the members of the Merchant Estate (Soslovie) in a given locality, handled various administrative issues relating the local Merchants' society (Obshchestvo).
- Access points: locations:
- Tbilisi
- Subject terms:
- Legal matters
- Statistics
- Trade and commerce
- 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.
- Yerusha Network member:
- Central Archives for the History of the Jewish People
- Author of the description:
- Alex Valdman (Central Archives for the History of the Jewish People), 2017
