Gavriil Vasilyevich Ksenofontov (1888-1938) and his family tree: documents, facts, interpretation

The subject of the research is a documentary reconstruction of the Ksenofontov and Gerasimov families' ancestry. The purpose of the study is to reconstruct the family tree of the Ksenofontov and Gerasimov families based on archival documents, identify their contribution to the social life of the region and establish links between the various branches of the family. To achieve this goal, the following tasks have been set: 1) to study and analyze mass genealogical sources such as revision tales, metric books, confession sheets, family lists and other archival documents; 2) to recreate a family tree based on the collected materials; 3) to characterize the family ties between families and their role in the life of their uluses and the Yakut region as a whole. The geographical scope of the study is limited to the Yakut region of the Russian Empire, the Western and Eastern Kangalassky, Namsky districts. The research methods are based on general scientific (dialectics, comparison, system-structural) and historical methods (historicism, historical-genetic, source analysis). As a result of the work carried out, based on archival sources, a documentary reconstruction of the genealogy of the Ksenofontov and Gerasimov families of the Bytykov family of the 4th Malzhegar village of the West Kangalassky ulus was carried out. Documents have been revealed that shed light on the time and circumstances of the Gerasimovs' relocation to the Kedyusinsky village of Namsky ulus. The scientific novelty of the research lies in the use and introduction into scientific circulation of previously unpublished sources related to the Ksenofontov and Gerasimov family trees. Based on the results of the work, it was concluded that further study of the chosen topic was necessary. The research materials can be used in historical research, in teaching courses on the history of Yakutia and Russia, as well as in the preparation of textbooks and popularization materials.