Epistolary by V.V. Von Wahl and his family.

Abstract

The article examines the heuristic capabilities of the family epistolary texts identified in three personal funds by V.V. Von Wahl, stored in the Russian State Historical Archive, the State Archive of the Russian Federation, and the Russian National Library. The purpose of the article is to study the composition of the epistolary texts by V.V. Von Wahl and his family as a potential source base for the study of the family daily life by a high-ranking official of the Russian Empire during the last quarter of the XIX-th - early XX-th century. The methodological basis of the study is the historical and anthropological approach and methods of source analysis in respect of personal origin sources.