Official everyday life of the Supreme Ruler A. V. Kolchak in publications of the newspaper «Government Bulletin»
https://doi.org/10.25206/2542-0488-2025-10-1-30-41
Abstract
The article describes the analysis of the daily life of the highest official of White Siberia — Supreme Ruler A. V. Kolchak. The research is based on publications in newspaper «The Government Bulletin», the main official publication of the capital of White Siberia. The study of this source through the prism of anthropological and systemic approaches, comparative historical, statistical, biographical methods and the method of content analysis has allowed highlighting key trends, providing quantitative and qualitative assessments of official life and activities of A. V. Kolchak in the «Omsk» period of his biography.
About the Authors
D. I. Petin
Omsk State Technical University
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Petin Dmitriy Igorevich, Candidate of Historical Sciences, Associate Professor, Associate Professor of the History, Philosophy and Social Communications Department
Omsk
AuthorID (RSCI): 742782
AuthorID (SCOPUS): 57188761451
ResearcherID: A-8542-2017
M. M. Stelmak
Historical Archive of Omsk Region
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Stelmak Maksim Maksimovich, Candidate of Historical Sciences, Leading Archivist of the Center for the Study of the History of the Civil War
Omsk
AuthorID (RSCI): 772229
ResearcherID: R-7418-2018
I. V. Fedotova
Historical Archive of Omsk Region
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Fedotova Irina Vladimirovna, Leading Archivist of the Center for the Study of the History of the Civil War
Omsk
AuthorID (RSCI): 914446
ResearcherID: KHY-8768-2024
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Petin D.I., Stelmak M.M., Fedotova I.V. Official everyday life of the Supreme Ruler A. V. Kolchak in publications of the newspaper «Government Bulletin». Omsk Scientific Bulletin. Series Society. History. Modernity. 2025;10(1):30-41. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.25206/2542-0488-2025-10-1-30-41
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