Handwritten Collection of Irkutsk Archpriest Fortunat Petukhov: The Reconstruction of the Composition and Problems of Search
Submitted by Гость (not verified) on Fri, 01/30/2026 - 22:08The purpose of the article is to present the handwritten collection of the Irkutsk archpriest Fortunat Ivanovich Petukhov (1789–1872), formed in the middle of the 19th century. The author has made an attempt 1) to reconstruct the composition of the manuscripts and documents of the collection, 2) to trace the ways of its formation, 3) to identify the features of the selection of manuscripts and to trace the degree of influence on the fate of the collection of the first presentation in the work by Moscow scholar N. P. Bocharov.