The Nizhny Novgorod Provincial Learned Archival Commission (NizhGUAK) was a scholarly and archival society that operated in Nizhny Novgorod during the pre-revolutionary period and ceased operating after 1918. The commission was engaged in preserving and studying historical documents relating to the history of Nizhny Novgorod Governorate, formed archival and library collections, and brought together local historians, local lore experts and public figures.
Activities and Membership
Over the years, the commission's members included prominent figures from the Nizhny Novgorod scholarly and cultural community. From 1888 to 1918, the local historian Andrei Pavlovich Melnikov took part in its work — Pavel Melnikov-Pechersky; in 1910–1911 he served as the commission's chief administrator. Melnikov donated to the NizhGUAK library ancient documents, books, and personal belongings of his father.
The commission's members also included the educator and philologist Fyodor Vyacheslavovich Rzhiga, a native of Bohemia (the Czech lands) who spent the last decades of his life in Nizhny Novgorod and contributed to regional archival and scholarly work.
Fate of the Collections
After the commission ceased its activities, its materials were absorbed into Soviet archival institutions. Documents relating to the history of Nizhny Novgorod Governorate were subsequently concentrated in the Central Archive of the Nizhny Novgorod Region) (TsANO).
Sources
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Links
- Official website (ru.ruwiki.ru)
- Wikidata (Q19908693 — entry in the free knowledge base)
- VIAF (721154380951830290905 — union library authority file)