Local studies and science: to the history of the question
The article provides information on the materials stored in the Archive of the Russian Academy of Sciences of the First meeting on local history conducted by the Department for the Study of Nature of the USSR Biological Institute named after A.K. Timiryazeva December 15, 1924. At the meeting, G.G. Bosse spoke with the report "Essay on the history of the development of local lore work", S.S. Perov with the report "The problem of local history and the principles of local history work" and others. The participants in the meeting on local history in 1924 understood local history from a point of view that was different from its modern understanding. Along with criticism of amateur academism and amateurism of pre-revolutionary local history organizations, they, in the conditions of devastation after the civil war, proposed to pay considerable attention to the study of the country's natural resources. On the other hand, their close attention to attracting the masses of working people to local history organizations deserves the highest praise, since an attempt was made both to eradicate illiteracy and to involve in studying the history of various regions of the country. The formulation of local history issues in a scientific institution is another small stroke in the study of the history of local history in Russia. The information provided will expand the source study base on the history of local history and can be used for educational and research purposes.