Documents and sources

Website sources and materials grouped by purpose.

Public register

38 primary records

Each document appears once, with related plans, images and legal references attached to its primary record.

Primary records: 38
Attachments: 44
Sections: 5

26 entries found. Page 2 of 3.

12 entries

Historical and specialist sources

Publications and archive records supporting the site history and candle-making reference guide.

Secondary scholarly research
“The Kaznakov estate at Zalino” — a section of A. V. Shitkov’s article
Document or material date 2009
The author describes two estates belonging to branches of the Kaznakov family, about 100 metres apart, and names A. G. Kaznakov and K. I. Khokhlov among the later owners.
Confidence
Publication details and pages 68–70 have been checked.
Conclusion limit
The study describes historical properties, but does not establish their correspondence with today’s protected area or their transfer to Zhukova and Pleskovskaya.
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А. В. Шитков. Соседи Лажечникова: дворянские усадьбы Старицкого уезда // Лажечников и Тверской край. Вып. 3: Лажечников и усадебная культура / ред. А. Ю. Сорочан. Тверь: Изд-во М. Батасовой, 2009. С. 46–70; раздел «Усадьба Залино Казнаковых», с. 68–70. ISBN 978-5-903728-20-6.
Use
Bibliographic reference and brief paraphrase; the complete publication is not republished.
Related sections Zelino estate, Zelino Park
Historical source
Tver State University publication on the personnel files of the Staritsa Wax Extraction Works directors
Document or material date 2022
Path into Research: proceedings of the international conference of young scholars at Tver State University’s Faculty of History. Tver, 2022, pp. 252–257.
Conclusion limit
Supports the author’s findings about six personnel files studied for 1946–1982; it does not replace folio-level verification of the primary archive records.
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Locations in source
pp. 252–257; TCDNI, fond R-62, inventory 3, files 2, 30, 32, 33, 36 and 51
Use
Bibliographic link to an official Tver State University resource
Related sections History
Historical and specialist source
M. Tuchkov, “Let the candle burn!”, 2024
Document or material date 2024
Used in the reference guide to candle materials, techniques and historical types.
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разделы об основании и сбыте
раздел о заводе и складах
Related sections Candle making
Historical source
Technical passports for production buildings
Document or material date 24 April 2007
Two technical passports in the project working archive
Conclusion limit
Supports the existence and date of the documents, but not construction dates, identity with historic buildings or present condition.
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Locations in source
title and date fields; 8 and 7 pages
Use
Working-archive reference
Related sections History
Historical source
Staritsa Herald: “Priceless pages of memory”
Document or material date 27 March 2016
Olga Prikhodko. Interview with Alexandra Stepanovna Bibicheva
Conclusion limit
Supports publication of the recollections, Bibicheva’s connection to the works and the photographs’ attribution; approximate figures and process chronology require comparison with archive files.
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passage on work at the wax works and the photograph captions
Use
Public webpage; photographs are credited to the A. S. Bibicheva family archive
Related sections History
Historical source
Tsentrozhir telegram to the Tver Gubernial Council of the National Economy
Document or material date 29 January 1919
State Archive of Tver Region, fond R-646, inventory 1-1, file 195, folio 17
Conclusion limit
Establishes the VSNKh resolution of 25 January 1919 transferring the wax industry to Tsentrozhir and nationalising diocesan candle works.
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Locations in source
typed telegram text; sent mark of 29 January 1919 and received mark of 31 January 1919
Use
Archive document; Commons publication awaits a separate free-licence decision
Related sections History
Historical source
Zelino 1893 public work register
Document or material date 31 July 2026
Published status of the project’s research and preparation tasks
Conclusion limit
Supports the project’s research and preparation work, but not the start of production, completed restoration or the technical condition of buildings.
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Locations in source
sections on archive work, surveys and project preparation
Use
Public project information
Related sections History
Historical source
Certificate No. 73 for indefinite (permanent) use of land
Document or material date 6 January 1993
Primary document formalising the grant of land to the wax extraction works
Conclusion limit
Supports the land-grant decision, subject, area, purpose, territorial attribution and formalisation by certificate; it does not establish present boundaries, the current rights holder or the condition of the site.
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Locations in source
decision dated 17 September 1992; area 3.4 hectares; production use; Pankovo Rural Council area, Staritsa District
Use
Primary-document reference
Related sections History
Historical and specialist source
“Wax”, Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopaedic Dictionary
Used in the reference guide to candle materials, techniques and historical types.
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раздел о подмеси церезина и анализах 1888 года
Related sections Candle making
Historical and specialist source
Ignatius (Malyshev), Life of the Archimandrite Ignatius of the Trinity-Sergius Hermitage
Used in the reference guide to candle materials, techniques and historical types.
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раздел о свечном заводе и письме об открытии склада
Related sections Candle making
Primary source · list fragment
List of estates in Staritsa district, fragment
Adjacent entries for Praskovinskaya volost read “Candle works”, “Zelino / Khokhlov” and “Dacha of Zhukova and Pleskovskaya”.
Confidence
The names are directly legible in the scan; its date is not established.
Conclusion limit
Adjacent entries do not establish adjoining land boundaries or a single owner. This fragment is not identified as the list dated 26 January 1919.
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Locations in source
Supplied list fragment, entries 64–66; the date and full archival reference are not established.
Use
The copy was supplied to the project with permission for public use from its provider. No open licence is claimed.
Related sections Zelino estate
Historical source
Study of the history of the Staritsa candle works
Academic publication based on published departmental materials
Conclusion limit
- Supports the sequence of petitions and authorisation of the project, but does not replace checking the Synod decree.
- Supports the transfer and candle-making profile; the exact date and full product range require a primary document.
Details and attachments
Locations in source
section on petitions No. 5444 and No. 7558 of 1892
section on repayment of the debt and transfer to the Spiritual Board
Use
Bibliographic reference
Related sections History