У статті вперше в українській історіографії проаналізовано інформаційні
можливості документів серії “Консульство в Одесі: 1816–1859 рр.” фонду
“Політичні матеріали звітів з-за кордону” Державного архіву Турина та серії
“Консульство в Одесі” фонду “Міністерство закордонних справ” Державного
архіву Неаполя. Ці комплекси документів зберігають подані до міністерств
іноземних справ Сардинського королівства та Королівства Обох Сицилій звіти
генеральних консулів цих держав в Одесі, що доповідали про хід торгівлі, факти
з життя італійської громади, діяльність консульства та його осередків в
південноукраїнських містах.
The author analyzes information capabilities of primary sources of series “The
Odesa Consulate: 1816 1859” and “Odesa Consulate (1816–1860)”, which is
preserved in The State Archives of Turin and The State Archives of Naples. The
records are presented by reports of General Consulate of the Sardinian Kingdom and
of the Kingdom of Two Sicilies in Odesa in the first half of XIX century. These
consulates were established to protect the trade interests of these states and their
subjects in the Russian ports of the Black and Azov Seas.
Leading researchers in the history of the Italian community (M. Varvartsev,
K. Batsak, A. Makolkin) in southern Ukraine in XIX century did not use consular
documents in their studies. Therefore, the analysis of these primary sources and their
comparison with those maintained in the State Archive of Odesa is extremely
important for the study of this problem.
The series records provide insight into consular activities towards the establishment
of international relations, foreign trade promotion and cultural adjustment
and personal contacts. Italian consular documents reveal the history of the Catholic
Church and the Catholic community in the South of Ukraine, which is poorly
researched, but is an important episode in Ukrainian history. The documents contain
numerous facts with regard to commercial relationship between Italian and Ukrainian
ports, the activity Italian commercial companies and Sardinian and Neapolitan
subjects, which resided in the South-Ukrainian cities. Further identification and
research of the documents of the Consulates of other Italian states in Odesa (Tuscan,
Roman, and Parmesan) will provide a comprehensive opportunity to highlight the
activities and role of the local Italian community in the history of Ukraine.
