ПЕРВАЯ ЗАДАЧА ОСВАЛЬДА ПЛИЧЕ

Abstract

The work is an archeographic publication of a source of personal origin — the memoirs essay «The First Task», written by Osvald Yuryevich Pliche (1893–1982), an ethnic Latvian. The author of the memoirs was one of the active figures who established Soviet power in Omsk, was a participant in the Civil War in Siberia, and subsequently, until 1957, held administrative posts in various Soviet structures involved in financial, economic, diplomatic and economic work. The published source is permanently stored in the Historical Archive of the Omsk Region, in the found «Foreign Citizens — Participants of the Revolution and the Civil War». The original of the memoirs is a typewritten authorized manuscript. These notes about the episode of the revolutionary events in Omsk in December 1917 — countering the sabotage of bank employees — O.Yu. Pliche was specially prepared in 1964 at the request of researchers from the archives of the Omsk Regional Committee of the CPSU. Memoirs are distinguished by a very detailed narration and ease of presentation. The memoirs were planned for publication in one of the collections of historical journalism, which were actively published in the 1950s–1970s. But for some unknown reason, the memories were never made public. The relevance of the publication is associated with an increased interest in the ego-sources of representatives of the academic community who study the events of the Russian Revolution. The plot described in the memoirs did not find a detailed description in historiography. The principles of consistency and determinism are the theoretical basis of the study, which made it possible to analyze the source, which is considered as a manifestation of the general Soviet reflection and, at the same time, a result of the well-coordinated motivating activity of archival workers. The publication of the source is preceded by an introductory commentary by the author-publisher. The title of the article was given by the publisher. The work is aimed at a wide range of readers, primarily researchers of the Russian Revolution, the social democratic movement, the establishment of Soviet power, the participation of foreign citizens in the socio-political processes in those years.