Tatars in the regular army during the Patriotic War of 1812 and the foreign campaigns of 1813–1814

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.22378/2410-0765.2024-14-3.96-107

Keywords:

regular army, Patriotic War of 1812, foreign campaigns of the Russian army of 1813–1814, Tatar officers, lower ranks of Tatars

Abstract

One of the topical issues of historical science in the Russian Federation is the analysis and popularization of historical information about the participation of the peoples of the country in military campaigns to protect the Fatherland from foreign intervention. The purpose of the study is to tell about the service of Tatars, both officers and lower ranks, in the regular army during the Patriotic War of 1812 and the foreign campaigns of 1813–1814. Actualization of interest to the military history of the Tatar people during the period of the Russian Empire as a whole, with the search and bringing into the public space the names of heroes and participants of military campaigns, is also one of the tasks of this study. The leading method in studying this problem was an integrated approach based on the study of different types of sources. Research materials: the work involves special historical research (monographs and scientific articles), published and unpublished historical sources of the first quarter of the 19th century, reference publications. Results and scientific novelty of the work: the facts of the service of the Tatar people in the regular army during the Patriotic War of 1812 and the foreign campaigns of 1813–1814 have been established, the personalities of Tatar officers, both from among the nobility and from the lower ranks, as well as soldiers and sailors from the Tatars who served in the regular army have been identified. Biographies of veterans of the Patriotic War of 1812 and the foreign campaigns of 1813–1814 from the Tatars are given.

For citation: Abdullin Kh.M. Tatars in the regular army during the Patriotic War of 1812 and the foreign campaigns of 1813–1814. From History and Culture of Peoples of the Middle Volga Region. 2024, vol.14, no.3, pp.96–107. https://doi.org/10.22378/2410-0765.2024-14-3.96-107

Author Biography

Khalim Minnullovich Abdullin, Marjani Institute of History of the Tatarstan Academy of Sciences

Cand. Sci. (history), Senior Researcher of the Department of Modern History, Marjani Institute of History of the Tatarstan Academy of Sciences (Kazan, Russian Federation); ORCID: 0000-0003-0212-6953; ResearcherID: F-6652-2018; Scopus AuthorID: 56707127600; e-mail: Xalimabd@mail.ru

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Published

2024-10-15

How to Cite

Abdullin, K. M. (2024). Tatars in the regular army during the Patriotic War of 1812 and the foreign campaigns of 1813–1814. From History and Culture of Peoples of the Middle Volga Region, 14(3), 96–107. https://doi.org/10.22378/2410-0765.2024-14-3.96-107

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