This collection includes documents of 1917-1921, telling about the formation of Soviet power in the territory of the Tomsk province. The documents tell about the forms and methods of strengthening power, the dramatic events of food policy and the suppression of dissent, as well as the resistance of part of the population of the province to the processes of Bolshevization of society. The collection, in addition to archival documents, included newspaper materials. Most documents are published for the first time.