title: All-Estate Military Draft and the Caucasus in the Russian Government Policy
metadata.name: dc.contributor.author
metadata.value: Rudnik, Sergey N.
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metadata.name: dc.date.accessioned
metadata.value: 2022-06-07T09:22:48Z
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metadata.name: dc.date.available
metadata.value: 2022-06-07T09:22:48Z
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metadata.name: dc.date.issued
metadata.value: 2022-03
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metadata.name: dc.identifier.citation
metadata.value: Rudnik S. N. All-Estate Military Draft and the Caucasus in the Russian Government Policy. Vestnik of Saint Petersburg University. History, 2022, vol. 67, issue 1, рp. 23–43.
metadata.lang: en_GB
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metadata.value: https://doi.org/10.21638/11701/spbu02.2022.102
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metadata.name: dc.identifier.uri
metadata.value: http://hdl.handle.net/11701/36485
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metadata.name: dc.description.abstract
metadata.value: A universal conscription system was introduced in Russia in 1874. For thirteen years special
  rules regulating enrollment of Caucasian peoples had been discussed by the government.
  With regard to this issue, eight special committees, commissions and sub-commissions were
  formed in St Petersburg and Tiflis; a number of meetings were held; and numerous notes
  and projects were written. The article analyzes the process of discussion of this complex and
  understudied topic in the government circles and Caucasian administration in addition to numerous
  projects and proposals related to these rules. It is notable that encouraging the highlanders
  of Caucasia to serve in the Russian army, St Petersburg tried to achieve several goals:
  firstly, to use their experience as excellent soldiers in the service in Caucasia; secondly, to ease
  the burden of military service in the inner provinces of Russia, and, finally, to quickly incorporate
  the peoples of Caucasia into the Russian Empire. As it was crucial to preserve the fragile
  stability in the region, the government approached the problem of conscription in Caucasia
  with great caution, considering the factor of ethnic, religious, and socio-cultural diversity of
  the region; the unstable situation there; the proximity of hostile Turkey; and the population’s
  fear of recruitment. The abovementioned discussions resulted in the special rules approved
  by Alexander III in 1886. Thus, the peoples of Transcaucasia, and “the alien population of the
  Terek and Kuban regions” were required to serve. The Muslim population of Caucasia was
  exempt from service which was replaced by a special tax.
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.language.iso
metadata.value: en
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.publisher
metadata.value: St Petersburg State University
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.relation.ispartofseries
metadata.value: Vestnik of St Petersburg University. History;Volume 67; Issue 1
metadata.lang: -
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: military draft
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: the Caucasus
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: charter
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: recruits
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: conscription area
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: family lists
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: armed force
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: benefits
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: military tax
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.title
metadata.value: All-Estate Military Draft and the Caucasus in the Russian Government Policy
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.type
metadata.value: Article
metadata.lang: en_GB
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