Development of general and political culture of the Siberian exiles in the early 20th century: historiographic aspect

Topicality of the subject is reasoned by the necessity of comprehensive study of the political culture formation and social responsibility of the non-formal representatives of the public movement. With this objective in view the author carries out a historiographic research of the forms, modes, scope and results of the political, elucidative and educational activities of the Siberian exiles in the early 20 th century. The undertaken research allows concluding that this topic was considered by the Soviet historians in the ideological context only, therefore, its general cultural aspect remained poorly studied. The author sets an objective to improve the current situation by the modern researches.