Activity of the Tyumen Society of Local Region Studying in the 1920s

In the 1920th the role of public organizations studying and promoting the native land increased in Russia. The article is devoted to the study of the Tyumen Society of Local Region Studying (TSLRS) during this period. Goals and objectives as well as the structure and membership of the Society were based on the analysis of available published material and documents from the state archives and libraries. Besides, the authors considered the main stages of the Society formation in the 1920s and the names of regional ethnographers who founded the Tyumen Society of Local Region Studying. The article studies the research activities of the Society and its interaction with the scientific and local history organizations of Russia. The article is focused on TSLRS activities in the 1920s. First of all, it is publishing activities of Society members. Reports and articles of the members can be found in the first and only issue of "Notes of the Tyumen Society of Local Region Studying". The topics covered by the authors are still relevant and important for studying history, culture, the nature of the Tyumen region. The article also presents the data on exhibition and exploration work of the Society members. Regional specialists often organized field trips to settlements of the Tyumen district to study local population's life. The numerous documents found in funds of Slovcovsky Museum complex testify to this fact. Scientists actively studied the region nature, reservoirs, flora, fauna, and phenology. The complex study of economy of the native land included research of economic preconditions, productions in the field of agriculture, handicraft, hunting crafts, the factory industry, and also collecting and systematizing knowledge of transport, communication, and trade in the region. Special attention is paid to those members of the Society who were persecuted during the period of «the Great Purge». In conclusion, the article considers the significance of TSLRS activities at that time and its role in identifying, collecting and processing of data on the Tyumen region. The research of TSLRS activities and lives of its members is not completed; the collected facts are a good incentive for further research using materials of other museums and archives.

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