Yearly Publications Produced by the Arkhangelsk Gubernia Statistics Committee as a Source on Socio-Economic Development of the Arkhangelsk Governorate in early 20th сentury

This work examines a set of yearly publications produced by the Arkhangelsk Gubernia Statistics Committee. These publications could be drawn upon for insight into socio-economic development in early 20th century Arkhangelsk Governorate. The principal sources for this study are a set of yearly publications produced by the Arkhangelsk Gubernia Statistics Committee in the early 20th century, namely a set of memorandum books and address calendars for Arkhangelsk Governorate and ‘Arkhangelsk Governorate Overview for 1911’. The study’s findings revealed that the production of yearly publications by the Arkhangelsk Gubernia Statistics Committee in the early 20th century was characterized by impermanence. In 1901-1904 the Committee published address calendars, in 1905 - a directory, in 1906 - another address calendar, and in 1907-1916 - memorandum books for Arkhangelsk Governorate. In addition, in 1912 the Committee released what would be a one-off - ‘Arkhangelsk Governorate Overview for 2011’. When the publication of memorandum books for Arkhangelsk Governorate commenced, there began to be published scholarly articles devoted to socio-economic development in the region. Most of those publications were prepared by staff members of the Arkhangelsk Gubernia Statistics Committee, who also held responsibility for the quality of other materials that were published by it. As was the case in most regions across the country, the production of yearly publications by the Arkhangelsk Gubernia Statistics Committee was cut short by the events of 1917 and the collapse of the Russian Empire.