Tropin N. A. «N. A. Ridinger - kaluga police in the middle of the XlXth century». Voronezh: Scientific book, 2017. 72 p

Abstract

The book by Yelets historian Nikolai Tropin continues the study of the life and scientific activities of Nikolay Aleksandrovich RQdinger (1825-1894). The book is written based on archival documents. The importance of the research lies in the possibility to study the process of developing the provincial historic science in the middle of the XIXth century in Kaluga province. Scientific novelty of the work consists in revealing a number of documents which made it possible to study N. A. RQdinger's biography and his manuscripts. N. A. RQdinger was a member of the noble family famous in the military history of Russia. He was not a professional historian, he was an officer, a veteran of the Caucasian campaign of 1853-1854, who haning been wounded continued his service as a chief of police in Kaluga, Oryol, Elets, St.-Petersburg and got the rank of general-major. His manuscript heritage is large. It is represented not only by archives and his two published books, but also by some publications in province newspapers and in the press of the capital.