The role of the Cheboksary County branch of the Prison Trustee Society in providing various types of allowances for prisoners of the county prison castle
Based on the materials of the State Historical Archive of the Chuvash Republic and the National Archive of the Republic of Tatarstan, the article analyzes the activities of the Cheboksary County branch of the Prison Trustee Society for material, technical, medical, food and clothing support of the Cheboksary County Prison Castle. The emphasis is placed on the organization of accounting and disposal of state financing and funds of philanthropists, organization of charitable food collections in favor of prisoners of the prison castle, as well as the arrangement of the prison territory and the castle building. The author concludes that for a long time the Cheboksary County branch of the Prison Trustee Society ensured the functioning of the Cheboksary Prison Castle and this level of logistical, clothing and medical support for prisoners and transporters.