Employees of communications institutions of the Tambov Governorate in the second half of the 19th – early 20th centuries: number, staff, professional mobility
https://doi.org/10.20310/1810-0201-2020-25-188-164-175
EDN: ogsqnt
Abstract
The role and importance of information and communication infrastructure in the modern world is growing, which increases the relevance of studying the history of the formation and development of postal, telegraph and telephone communications in Russia, primarily regional features of the social component of this process. Based on interdisciplinary approaches, involving a wide range of historical sources, the work explores the problems of the postal, telegraph and telephone service in the Tambov Governorate in the second half of the 19th – early 20th centuries. The issues of the number and staff of employees in communication institutions (post office, telegraph, telephone) of the Tambov Governorate are studied. We reveal the peculiarities and problems of the development of institutions staff of the postal and telegraph department. The problems of professional mobility of postal and telegraph employees are analyzed; the requirements for them, their official duties are described. In the second half of the 19th – early 20th century in the social and economic life of the Russian province, the information and communication component began to play a prominent role, which was reflected in the increase in the number of communication institutions in the Tambov Governorate and employees in them. There were acute issues of human resourcing, first of all, qualified specialists. At the beginning of the 20th century the proportion of women who served in the institutions of the postal and telegraph department of the governorate increased.
About the Authors
N. V. Strekalova
Derzhavin Tambov State University
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Natalya V. Strekalova, Candidate of History, Associate Professor, Professor of General and Russian History Department.
33 Internatsionalnaya St., Tambov 392000, Russian Federation
S. V. Shcherbakov
Derzhavin Tambov State University
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Sergey V. Shcherbakov, Research Worker of Social History Laboratory.
33 Internatsionalnaya St., Tambov 392000, Russian Federation
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Strekalova N.V., Shcherbakov S.V. Employees of communications institutions of the Tambov Governorate in the second half of the 19th – early 20th centuries: number, staff, professional mobility. Tambov University Review. Series: Humanities. 2020;25(188):164-175. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.20310/1810-0201-2020-25-188-164-175. EDN: ogsqnt
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