Metadata : The Treasury Chamber (Казенная палата (Kazennaia palata)) 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. 254
- Title:
- The Treasury Chamber (Казенная палата (Kazennaia palata)) of Tbilisi
- Title (official language):
- თბილისის სახაზინო პალატა
- Creator/accumulator:
- Treasury Chamber of Tbilisi
- Date(s):
- 1802/1918
- Language:
- Russian
- Extent:
- 17,857 files
- Type of material:
- Textual material
- Scope and content:
- The collection of the Treasury Chamber contains a variety of material on the Russian Governments' activities in the Caucasus Region: organisational and administrative policies; statistical and financial data; correspondence and regulations on the establishment of various public services and organisations. The Jewish-related materials of the collection are predominantly related to issues of settlement and military conscription. Papers from 1859, 1861 and later years mention Jewish merchants wishing to be officially registered in Tbilisi, Erevan and other localities in the Caucasus Region; several files include requests listed by Jews belonging to the estate of city dwellers (meshchane), wishing to settle in different localities in the Caucasus. The registering of children (including adopted children) in their parents' households and other registration issues are also reflected in the collections' documents. Materials related to military conscription of Jews include regulations concerning the punishment of Jews evading conscription (1852), records on fines imposed on Jewish families that were allegedly involved in conscription avoidance (1889), regulations on the rights of Jewish soldiers (1899) etc. Other files include a mention a Jew who fled from Russia to Persia (1815); listing of the Jews' trading rights in Batumi, Poti, Sukhumi, Tbilisi (1877, 1881); data on cases of Jewish conversion to Christianity (1903, 1904, 1911 and other years) and reconversion to Judaism (1914); papers on tax relief granted to Jewish traders who suffered losses during the Revolution of 1905 (1911).
- 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 contemporary Central Historical Archive.
- Administrative/biographical history:
- Treasury Chambers were firstly established in the Russian Empire 1775 as bodies of provincial government, responsible for the governorates' financial activities, for the central governments' assets in the governorates, and for building and construction works. In the nineteenth century the field of responsibility of the Treasury Chambers was considerably narrowed, to include the supervision of the Governorates incomes and expenditures, and certain other issues related to finance and taxation. The Treasury Chambers existed until after the revolutions of 1917. ¶ The Treasury Chamber of Tbilisi was initially established in 1802 as the Treasury Expedition of the Chief Georgian Government. In 1840 it was renamed as the Treasury Chamber of Georgia-Imeretia, and from 1847 to 1918 it was called the Treasury Chamber of Tbilisi.
- System of arrangement:
- The collection includes three 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.
- Author of the description:
- Alex Valdman (Central Archives for the History of the Jewish People), 2017
- Reference number:
- f. 254
- Title:
- The Treasury Chamber (Казенная палата (Kazennaia palata)) of Tbilisi
- Title (official language):
- თბილისის სახაზინო პალატა
- Creator/accumulator:
- Treasury Chamber of Tbilisi
- Date(s):
- 1802/1918
- Language:
- Russian
- Extent:
- 17,857 files
- Type of material:
- Textual material
- Scope and content:
- The collection of the Treasury Chamber contains a variety of material on the Russian Governments' activities in the Caucasus Region: organisational and administrative policies; statistical and financial data; correspondence and regulations on the establishment of various public services and organisations. The Jewish-related materials of the collection are predominantly related to issues of settlement and military conscription. Papers from 1859, 1861 and later years mention Jewish merchants wishing to be officially registered in Tbilisi, Erevan and other localities in the Caucasus Region; several files include requests listed by Jews belonging to the estate of city dwellers (meshchane), wishing to settle in different localities in the Caucasus. The registering of children (including adopted children) in their parents' households and other registration issues are also reflected in the collections' documents. Materials related to military conscription of Jews include regulations concerning the punishment of Jews evading conscription (1852), records on fines imposed on Jewish families that were allegedly involved in conscription avoidance (1889), regulations on the rights of Jewish soldiers (1899) etc. Other files include a mention a Jew who fled from Russia to Persia (1815); listing of the Jews' trading rights in Batumi, Poti, Sukhumi, Tbilisi (1877, 1881); data on cases of Jewish conversion to Christianity (1903, 1904, 1911 and other years) and reconversion to Judaism (1914); papers on tax relief granted to Jewish traders who suffered losses during the Revolution of 1905 (1911).
- 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 contemporary Central Historical Archive.
- Administrative/biographical history:
- Treasury Chambers were firstly established in the Russian Empire 1775 as bodies of provincial government, responsible for the governorates' financial activities, for the central governments' assets in the governorates, and for building and construction works. In the nineteenth century the field of responsibility of the Treasury Chambers was considerably narrowed, to include the supervision of the Governorates incomes and expenditures, and certain other issues related to finance and taxation. The Treasury Chambers existed until after the revolutions of 1917. ¶ The Treasury Chamber of Tbilisi was initially established in 1802 as the Treasury Expedition of the Chief Georgian Government. In 1840 it was renamed as the Treasury Chamber of Georgia-Imeretia, and from 1847 to 1918 it was called the Treasury Chamber of Tbilisi.
- System of arrangement:
- The collection includes three 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.
- Author of the description:
- Alex Valdman (Central Archives for the History of the Jewish People), 2017
