Priest Avdiy Timofeevich Inkov: the Return of Memory
The return of the memory of a person, which belongs to the category of “person of the second plan”, is a laborious process, involving the introduction of sources of various types and origins into scientific circulation. This work was initiated by the granddaughter of the executed priest of the Don and Novocherkassk Eparchy of the Russian Orthodox Church A.T. Inkov by the scientist paleontologist V.S. Baigusheva, whose efforts to preserve the memory of a relative were crowned with the creation of memories - a source that testifies both to the everyday life of a representative of the clergy in the first half of the 20th century, and to his perception by a descendant raised as a Soviet person. The published memoirs are of particular interest, since their author is a member of the scientific community, who not only reproduces her own memoirs more than 80 years ago, but also makes attempts to comprehend the events that led to the tragic end of the priest's life. Together with the memoirs, archival office documents are published, which make it possible to clarify the memoirs of V.S. Baigusheva.