The Stavropol Kalmyk Troops (from 1737 to 1843): the Experience of New Sources Studies

Abstract

The article is devoted to the study of the Volga Stavropol Kalmyks both as a special military service estate and ethnic-confessional one. Results of the work on the volumes of the documentary serie “The Volga Stavropol Kalmyks” and research project “Parish registered books of the Volga Stavropol Kalmyks” are there. Also the importance of scholar usage of unpublished documents and registered notes is marked in this article.

Keywords

• baptized kalmyks
• cossacks
• ethnic-confessional group (estate)
• religious policy
• parish registered books
• stavropol-upon-volga
• russian empire