The relevance of this article is dictated by the increased interest in regional history and the role of bureaucracy in the process of integration of national suburbs into the general imperial space. The aim of the study is the issue of printing business formation in the Kalmyk steppe of the early XX century in the context of the activities of the head of the Kalmyk people S. A. Kozin. By using the historical and genetic method, as well as using the experience of previous researchers based on the study of the records of the Administration of the Kalmyk people, it was possible to trace the process of formation of the printing business in the government system, initiated by the imperial official. Biographical method, based on the analysis of the record of service and the certificate of service of S. A. Kozin allowed us to study the personality of the person who contributed to the development of the Kalmyk steppe. Special attention is paid to the printed edition of the Administration of the Kalmyk People. In conclusion, the author draws the inference that the fact of opening the printing house indicates not only the technological backwardness of the region, but at the same time the increased needs of both the governing bodies of the Kalmyk steppe, and the autochthonous population directly involved in the general imperial space.
