The Tungusic-Manchurian Peoples of the Russian Empire in the Works of the First Yenisei Governor A.P. Stepanov and Sibireved G.I. Spassky

For the Russian Empire, the exploration of Siberia and the Far East was strategically important in economic and political aspects.In this context, the activities of local officials who closely interacted with the indigenous peoples are significant.It was their work that initiated the study of Siberia and the Far East.The purpose of this article is to examine the Tungus-Manchu peoples in the works of some of the first researchers-employees of Siberia -G.I.Spassky and A.P. Stepanov.The materials selected were the personal archive of unpublished manuscripts, essays and notes of G.I. Spassky in the State Archives of the Krasnoyarsk Territory and his publications in the "Sibirsky Vestnik", as well as the work of the first Yenisei governor A.P. Stepanov: "Yenisei Province" in 2 parts.The main method in this article was comparative analysis.The works of two researchers were compared according to a number of criteria, as a result, the specific approaches of G.I. Spassky and A.P.