18th – Early 19th Century Cossack History of South and Southeast Russia in the Context of Ethno-Confessional Relations: Historiographic Notes
https://doi.org/10.22162/2500-1523-2019-1-5-22
Abstract
The article studies the religious policy of the Russian government in the Early Modern era. It reviews some latest domestic historiographic sources dealing with irregular troops in the service of Russia, including Cossack ones, identifies most significant topics and segments of respective studies, characterizes the role assigned by contemporary historians to the mentioned military units within campaigns for the defense and development of peripheral lands. The work provides an insight into ethnoconfessional issues of emerging Cossack communities that was quite a concern for authorities. It resumes that there is enough historiographic evidence to conclude that throughout the 18th century the authorities seriously feared Cossack Old Believers might revolt and sought to reduce the threat establishing new Cossack-ranked units
consisting of Buddhists, Muslims, and representatives of other ethnic groups culturally and mentally resistant to ides of Old Believers.
Keywords
Cossacks,
Old Believers,
Russian Empire,
South Russia,
Early Modern era,
Russian domestic historiography
Supporting agencies: Research was performed within a government subsidy — project ‘Socio-Political and Cultural Development of South Russia’s Peoples: a Comprehensive Research of Respective Processes’ (State Reg. No. АААА-А19-119011490038-5).
About the Author
A. Ryazhev
Kalmyk Scientific Center of the RAS
Russian Federation
Cand. Sc. (Hist.), Leading Research Associate
Russian Federation
Cand. Sc. (Hist.), Leading Research Associate
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Ryazhev A. 18th – Early 19th Century Cossack History of South and Southeast Russia in the Context of Ethno-Confessional Relations: Historiographic Notes. Mongolian Studies. 2019;11(1):5-22. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.22162/2500-1523-2019-1-5-22
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