Abstract: The study is devoted to the historiography of the fight against epidemics in Yakutia in the 19th century. The purpose of the study is to present the development of historical knowledge about this sequential process, taking into account the characteristics of the stages of historiography. The materials and methods used were the studied works, typical for historiographical works, devoted to the fight against epidemics in the specified period, typological and comparative analysis. For the first time, the most important works were developed, which studied the measures taken by state authorities to prevent epidemic diseases that caused significant harm to the population of the region (smallpox, measles, venereal diseases, etc.), to treat them, and to create conditions for successfully combating them. Also of interest were works examining the history of healthcare institutions (in fact, the first on the territory of Yakutia) and the first medical personnel who contributed in this direction. All this is presented for the first time in this article and brings a lot of new things into the understanding of the historical processes that took place on one of the remote outskirts of the Russian Empire.
Particular attention is paid to exactly what problems occupied a leading place in this area of historiography. For example, researchers were more interested not only in organizing a network of medical institutions that maintained a positive epidemiological level in the region, but also in specific measures taken by the authorities to combat the spread of certain diseases. The authors drew comparative material from historical experience from other regions of the Empire, where the fight against epidemics was also carried out with varying degrees of success. All this allowed the authors to identify the features of the development of Yakut historiography in this area of scientific knowledge.

Abstract: The research is based on the principles of historicism and scientific objectivity, the methodological basis is made up of general scientific methods of analysis and synthesis, and specially historical: problem-chronological and retrospective. To achieve this goal, a descriptive method was used, which makes it possible to consider the results of the governors' activities. The source base of the research is represented by office documents from the collections of the National Archive of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia), legislative acts from the Code of Laws of the Russian Empire, publications of the local periodical "Yakut regional Gazette". In the context of this article, it is important to understand how the local administration saw the solution to the problem and what measures it took. Regulations and announcements of officials and control of their execution are analyzed. The object of the study is the governor as the main administrative person in the region, the subject of the governors' activities aimed at compliance with the legislation of alcohol control in a foreign environment. The purpose of the article is to consider ways to combat the local administration with the spread of alcohol in the region. The governors drew attention to the fact that local peculiarities of the region were not taken into account when solving the issue. In general, the local administration paid great attention to this problem and, within the framework of its official powers, took the necessary measures to solve it. At the same time, they were not effective enough, the geographical factor, among other things, left an imprint on the implementation of control. The novelty lies in the formulation of the problem, and is determined by the lack of elaboration of the problem under consideration on the regional material.

Abstract: The object of this research is the communication means used in administrative activity by the office of the governor of Yakutia. The author examines the communicative sphere of activity of the governor as one of the crucial. The governor is the representative of the interests of federal government, government policy in the region, and informant about its state for the central authorities. To fulfill all the listed functions, the governor must convey various information to his subordinates and the population, as well as acquire information on the entrusted administrative-territorial district. Characteristics is given to the main communication channels of the governors along the lines top-bottom and bottom-top. Special attention is turned to the governor's reports and “congresses of competent persons". The governors of Yakutia have actively used the communicative capabilities of the annual report as the official communication channel with central authorities and the monarch. The example of information potential of such communication means is the development the questions of exile and transformation of the Cossack regiment. The “Congress of Competent Persons" held at the turn of the XIX – XX centuries in Yakutia has become a communicative platform for discussing the relevant for Yakutia problem of land use, as well as an effective instrument for establishing dialogue between the government and local society. The novelty of this research consists in articulation of the problem, and is defined by poor development within the modern historiography of the regional component of communication system of the Russian Empire. Viewing the governor’s power through the prism of communicative space contributes to more profound understanding of the mechanisms of political culture in the Russian Empire.

Abstract: The subject of this research is the personnel of the Governor’s Office of Yakutsk Region in the middle XIX – early XX centuries. The object of this research is the human resource policy of the government of the Russian Empire aimed at formation of the Governor’s Office. The author examines the formal and informal criteria of the selection of candidates for this post. Attention is given to the role of governor in career of the officials of the prerevolutionary period. The article analyzes the key features of state policy in selecting candidates for the post of the governor, as well as implementation of these principles for human resourcing of Yakut Region in the middle XIX – early XX centuries. The author leans on methodology introduced by P. A. Zaynochkovsky, which suggests the integrated application of legislative acts, official lists, and a number of other sources for identification of quantitative characteristics of the Governor’s Office alongside their qualitative parameters. The conclusion is made that the human resource policy, in the context of formation of the Governor’s Office, was characterized by the absences of the well-established legal rules and certain flexibility in approving the candidates. For officials, the gubernatorial position was a way to move up in ranks, and retire with a higher pension. The novelty of this research consists in comprehensive characteristics of the Governor’s Office of Yakutsk Region viewed through the prism of human resource policy of the government of the Russian Empire.