Unknown pages of N. E. Markov's biography: after materials of Backmeteff's Archives
Considered are unknown pages of the biography of a right-wing politician N. E. Markov (1866–1945), a State Duma Deputy of III–IV convocations. The publication is made on the base of historically valuable materials of the Archive – Columbia University Libraries, Rare book and Manuscript Library, Bakhmeteff archive (USA). Topicality of the study is defined by the fact that compiling Markov's biography is complicated by the absence of reliable information about some periods of his life, that is a sufficient amount of gaps, filling in such gaps is initiated by the authors. Provided are selective data from the biography of N. E. Markov, which is a fifteen-pages handwritten text, made according to the rules of pre-revolutionary orthography. It gives information about the origin, childhood, period of education, places of service, and about the fates of the members of Markov's family. Subjects of attention are also facts of his designing of Konotop Cathedral, later his becoming a member of Black Hundred (ultra-right organization in pre-revolutionary Russia) Union of Russian People, and growing to a regional and later All-Russian political leader. Based on archive sources, that are first introduced into scientific turnover, this article significantly amplifies views of private life, public and political activities and ideas of Markov, that exist in history.