The XVIII century was the period of transformation of the Moscow state into the Russian Empire. At the same time, there was a reorganization of the supreme central and local government apparatuses; the personnel structure of orders, called collegiate chancelleries, changed, which increased the influence of their employees on document management. For the first time in Russia, there was a legislative consolidation of office management standards. The Government has firmly and consistently insisted on the submission of written forms and has banned oral ("verbal") decrees. References to legislation have become mandatory in case reports.
The combination of collective and personal responsibility required uniformity in the conduct of cases themselves, in the form of their presentation, and in the names of documents. Increased control over the work of management bodies forced them to strictly record their activities, as a result of which there were Lengthy and Concise protocols, Everyday notes outlining the content of current affairs.
"The language of the Petrine era is characterized by an increase in the importance of the official-governmental, clerical language, and the expansion of its sphere of influence. The process of reorganizing the administrative system... It was accompanied by the introduction of new terminology, the invasion of the flow of words coming from Western European languages. The "Europeanization" of the Russian language bore a pronounced imprint of the governmental regime" (Vinogradov V. V. Essays on the history of the Russian Literary Language, Moscow, 2nd ed., 1938).
These redesign processes have had a major impact on management, the document system as a whole, as well as on their naming and ordering.
Firm naming of the document was necessary to restore order in fact, as well as to protect the document from the moment of its "entry" into the board and until its "completion". Clarity and definiteness of the document's name were also important for its re ...
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