The tradition of celebrating anniversaries in Tobolsk Province in the late 19th - early 20th centuries

The article is devoted to the celebration of the 300th anniversary of the Romanov dynasty on the territory of Tobolsk Province. The relevance of the work is determined by the detection of characteristic features of the events in the region, as well as their comparison with other similar mass celebrations held in the designated spatio-temporal framework. The object of study is the townspeople of Tobolsk Province who participated in festive and entertaining events dedicated to important anniversaries in the 19th-20th centuries. The subject is the traditions and peculiarities of the events. The territorial boundaries are limited to Tobolsk Province, a sparsely populated and underdeveloped provincial region of the Russian Empire. The chronological boundaries of the late 19th - early 20th centuries are due to the ambitious modernization process that took place in the country. The massive advances affected almost all spheres of life of the population and brought to the fore new transformation values and caused, on the other hand, the extinction of traditional occupations and attitudes of society. The methodological basis of the study takes into account the urban area of the theory of modernization of a traditional society, the use of which is due to the dynamism of urban society. In the course of performing the tasks of the study, the authors also relied on the totality of findings and concepts on the history of Russian urbanism, including updated approaches to aspects of everyday life. The complexity of the studied object requires the use of practices of the interdisciplinary approach in cultural studies, geography, urban studies and other sciences. The use of the local approach is appropriate in relation to the city as a social organism embedded in the local periphery. An emphasis is made on the influence of the "new Imperial history" in relation to the factors of the formation and elements of the studied object. Finally, to separate the topic from the broad category of urban culture and to emphasize its values, methods and techniques of the problem-chronological approach were applied. The source base of the study includes reference and statistical materials (commemorative books, directories), periodicals (Sibirskaya torgovaya gazeta, Sibirskiy listok, Tobol'skie gubernskie vedomosti), documents of personal origin (memoirs), historical essays and notes. In the course of the analysis the following results were obtained. Along with the fact that celebrations dedicated to the 300th anniversary of the Romanov dynasty were largely typical, it is possible to identify characteristic features of the celebration in Tobolsk Province. Thus, representatives of the local urban government took an active part in the organization and conduct of events (scholarships, renaming objects, etc.). In addition, special cases were the mass amnesty of prisoners and public awards. A delegation from the region visited the large-scale celebration in St. Petersburg. Along with the significant event, other anniversary celebrations (important dates from biographies of famous people), memorable events and the traditions of holding processions are also specific.

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