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«IZVESTIYA IRKUTSKOGO GOSUDARSTVENNOGO UNIVERSITETA». SERIYA «ISTORIYA»
«THE BULLETIN OF IRKUTSK STATE UNIVERSITY». SERIES «HISTORY»
ISSN 2222-9124 (Print)

List of issues > Series «History». 2025. Vol 53

“He Was Decent and Was Loved in Irkutsk”: About the Service and Life of the Siberian Official Dmitry Nikanorovich Davydov (from 1860 to 1920)

Author(s)

M. G. Kiryanova1, T. G. Karchaeva2

1 Department of the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation for the Krasnoyarsk Territory, Krasnoyarsk, Russian Federation  

2 Siberian Federal University, Krasnoyarsk, Russian Federation

Abstract
The article presents previously unknown information about Dmitry Davydov. He was a high-ranking official of the Siberian government, who served as chairman of the Irkutsk and Yenisei provincial governments in the 1880s and 1890s. For the first time, archival materials from the collections of the State Archive of the Krasnoyarsk Territory (F. 141, F. 595) made it possible to establish the facts of the biography and work of D. Davydov and members of his family (wife and daughter). An analysis of the epistolary heritage of the Siberian elite of the 19th century confirmed his friendly ties with prominent personalities – the artist V. Surikov, the public figure V. Sukachev, Archpriest V. Kasyanov. Various historical sources and archival documents from the Central State Archive of St. Petersburg (F.R-957, R-5165) have provided us with historical information about the life of the Siberian elite in Central Russia before the Revolution (1917) and during the early Soviet period.
About the Authors

Kiryanova Marina Gennadievna, Department of the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation in Krasnoyarsk Krai 33, Kirov st., Krasnoyarsk, 660017, Russian Federation e-mail: kmarina_1962@mail.ru

Karchaeva Tatyana Gennadyevna, Candidate of Historical Sciences, Associate Professor, Department of Russian History Siberian Federal University 79, Svobodny ave., Krasnoyarsk, 660041, Russian Federation e-mail: tatyana-verkhoturova@yandex.ru

For citation
Kiryanova M.G., Karchaeva T.G. “He Was Decent and Was Loved in Irkutsk”: About the Service and Life of the Siberian Official Dmitry N. Davydov (from 1860 to 1920). The Bulletin of Irkutsk State University. Series History, 2025, vol. 53, pp. 16-28. https://doi.org/10.26516/2222-9124.2025.53.16 (in Russian)
Keywords
D. N. Davydov, A. P. Davydova, M. T. Khvattsev, V. I. Surikov, V. P. Sukachev, V. D. Kasyanov, history of officialdom, chairman of the provincial government, Irkutsk province, Yenisei province, Eastern Siberia
UDC
930.253:35.08(571.51/.53)-94"1860/1920"
DOI
https://doi.org/10.26516/2222-9124.2025.53.16
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