SOCIO-CULTURAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE CITIES OF THE SMOLENSK PROVINCE IN THE FIRST DECADE AFTER THE PATRIOTIC WAR OF 1812 (BASED ON THE MATERIALS OF THE RSIA AND GASO)
The topic of socio-cultural development of the cities of Smolensk province in the first decade after the Patriotic War of 1812 is a little-studied problem both at the all-Russian and regional historiographical levels. The source base of this study is very narrow, the most important sources for studying the problem are the materials of archival funds deposited in the RSIA and GASO, not introduced into wide scientific circulation. They allowed us to imagine the socio-cultural life of the Smolensk inhabitants in the first decade after the Patriotic War of 1812. The author investigates the first activities of local authorities in establishing order in cities, including the detection of wartime crimes, cleaning corpses, collecting weapons from the population. The data on changes in the social composition of the urban population in the Smolensk province, on migration processes in the region during the declared period are identified and analyzed. For the first time, the history of the creation and activity of the Construction Expedition under the city Police is considered.