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The Olsko-Kolyma Highway and Its Importance for the Development of the Region: from the Travel Diary 1894 of the Okhotsk District Police Chief S. A. Khersonsky
Author(s)
M. D. Kushnareva
Irkutsk State University, Irkutsk, Russian Federation
Abstract
The main objective of the publication is to study the views of the Okhotsk district police
captain S.A. Khersonsky on the development of the Olsko-Kolyma tract in the late 19th century. The
article contains an analysis of a previously unpublished epistolary source - a travel diary of a Siberian official. It is noted that the development of the Olsko-Kolyma tract and its introduction into economic circulation was necessary to improve the supply of essential goods to the population and reduce their cost. S. A. Khersonsky made a significant contribution to the formation of the region's trade
and transport infrastructure, interacted with representatives of the administration and local residents.
About the Authors
Kushnareva Margarita Dmitrievna,
Doctor of Sciences (History), Associate
Professor, Professor of the Department of
Applied Informatics and Documentation Science
Irkutsk State University
1, K. Marx st., Irkutsk, 664003, Russian
Federation
e-mail: rita270880@mail.ru
For citation
Kushnareva M.D. The Olsko-Kolyma Highway and Its Importance for the Development of the Region: from the
Travel Diary 1894 of the Okhotsk District Police Chief S. A. Khersonsky. The Bulletin of Irkutsk State University. Series History,
2026, vol. 55, pp. 38-46. https://doi.org/10.26516/2222-9124.2026.55.38 (in Russian)
Keywords
Olsko-Kolyma tract, S. A. Khersonsky, trade and transport infrastructure, North-Eastern
Siberia, Far East.
UDC
9(С18)17
DOI
https://doi.org/10.26516/2222-9124.2026.55.38
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