Materials from the editorial archive of the Citizen journal of V F. Putsykovich in Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin

The article defines the significance of the materials from the Berlin archive of the Russian publicist V F. Putsykovich for the source studies of The Citizen journal (edited by V F. Putsykovich in St. Petersburg in 1874-1879). The documents identified in the manuscript fund of Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin, which were once part of The Citizen s editorial office archive, are published as part of the article and analyzed in the context of thematically close materials from the departmental archive of the highest censorship instance in pre-revolutionary Russia - the General Directorate of the Press of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. The scope of authority of V F. Putsykovich as The Citizen s editor and publisher is clarified. The contract of October 10, 1878 between V F. Putsykovich and Yu. D. Zasetskaya on the redemption of the last cash deposit, which ensured the publication of The Citizen, is analyzed in detail; the conclusion of the contract is interpreted as an attempt by V. F. Putsykovich to prevent the financial collapse of the publication and its sale by auction.