Clerics of Don Kalmyk Cossacks in the Second Half of the XIX – early XX Centuries
https://doi.org/10.22162/2500-1523-2024-1-39-63
Abstract
Introduction. The article reveals the issues of the organization of the service of the Buddhist clergy on the Don in the second half of the 19th century, implemented during the reform of the administrative and territorial administration of the Kalmyk nomad. In this sense, this article is a continuation of the article published in the previous year in the 3rd issue of the scientific journal “Mongolian Studies”. The purpose of the article is to show the socially useful activities of the Buddhist clergy, its introduction into the administrative management system of the Don Army region, its role in the development of education, the complete, final transition of the Don Kalmyks to a settled life and management. Results. A major reform of the land system in the Kalmyk nomad and the service of the Buddhist clergy with a change in the status of its main hierarch occurred in the 1870s. The Buddhist clergy experienced its c
Keywords
Russia,
Emperor,
Don Host,
Nakazny Ataman of the Host,
Chief Directorate of Irregular Forces,
reform,
Kalmyk Directorate,
judge,
Buddhist clergy,
baksha of the Don Kalmyks,
hurul,
revolution,
civil war,
Soviet power
Supporting agencies: The reported study was funded by government subsidy, project no. 122022700134-6 “The Southeastern Belt of Russia: Exploring Political and Cultural History of Social Communities and Groups”. The author extends gratitude to N. Trapsh, Director of the State Archive of Rostov Oblast, for his heartiest assistance in identifying, compiling, and digitizing archival materials dealing with Don Kalmyks. Special thanks are expressed to M. Karueva and V. Vorobyova, research associates of KalmSC RAS, for their months-long digitization efforts.
About the Author
Konstantin N. Maksimov
Kalmyk Scientific Center of the RAS (8, Ilishkin St., 358000, Elista Russian Federation)
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Dr. Sc. (Histoty), Professor, Chief Research Associate
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Maksimov K.N. Clerics of Don Kalmyk Cossacks in the Second Half of the XIX – early XX Centuries. Mongolian Studies. 2024;16(1):39-63. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.22162/2500-1523-2024-1-39-63
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