Cherkassy County Recruit Office; Cherkassy, Kiev Province

Collection

Holding institution (official language):: Державний архів Черкаської області

Title (official language):: Черкасское уездное рекрутское присутствие, г. Черкассы Киевской губ.; Черкаське повітове рекрутське присутствіє, м. Черкаси Київської губ.

Scope and content:: Included are official lists of recruits; and a list of recruits from the Smela Jewish kahal for April 1831. Also housed in the fonds is a list compiled in July 1907 of Jewish electors for the Second Uman’ City Caucus.

Administrative/biographical history:: Established in every “reception place” (there could be no more than three, besides the provincial seat), these offices functioned pursuant to the Recruitment Charter [Rekrutskii ustav], were immediately subordinate to the Provincial Recruit Office, and were in charge of all issues pertaining to the organisation of recruitment within the counties under their jurisdiction. They consisted of two county marshals of the nobility, the county seat administrator [gorodnichii], a military inspector, and a medical official; and were chaired by the higher-ranking of the marshals of the nobility. They were liquidated in 1874, and replaced by county conscription offices.

System of arrangement:: The fonds' inventory is systematised chronologically.