Materials on the history of military temple construction in the funds of the Russian State Historical Archive

The study of materials on the history of military temple construction is particularly relevant today. Archival sources play a special role in the study of the history of military temples of Saint Petersburg of the 18th – early 20th centuries. Official documentary and records management materials on military temple construction were partially covered in the study of the military clergy, the history of urban development, and mostly did not become the subject of special research in Russian literature. The purpose of the study is to identify and study a complex of historical sources on the history of the military temples construction in the funds of the Russian State Historical Archive. The methodological basis of the study is based on the principles of objectivity, historicism, systematic scientific analysis based on the scientific method of cognition, includes general historical research methods, and the method of historical heuristics is applied. The study is devoted to the description of materials on the history of military temples construction stored in the funds of the Russian State Historical Archive (RSHA). We highlight types of documents, collections of funds are described. We note the importance of studying the complex of official and records management documentation on the history of military temple construction. We consider the importance of technical documentation, which allows to obtain information on the technical condition of military temples and to reveal the dynamics of their construction. We carry out the analysis of sacristan inventory list, giving an idea of specific liturgical objects stored in churches and cathedrals.

Russian army, military temples, historical sources, St. Petersburg, Russian State Historical Archive