RUSSIAN MEN OF ARMS IN THE SOCIAL AND CULTURAL SPACE OF THE NORTH CAUCASUS IN XVIII-XIX cc.: THE HISTORIOGRAPHY CONTEXT

Abstract

The article gives an overview of modern historiography as regards the participation of Russian soldiers in studying the Caucasus in XVIII-XIX cc. The study specifies their role in the policy of memorialisation and foundation of memory in order to form the all-imperial self-identification. Based on the analysis of numerous works and books on different aspects of the Caucasus enclosure into the Russian state the article emphasizes the topicality of the study and the necessity of its further research with the reference to archive primary sources.

Keywords

• отечественная историография
• северный кавказ
• российско-северокавказские отношения
• российские военные
• научно-практическая деятельность
• russian historiography
• north caucasus
• russian-north caucasus relations
• russian men of arms
• scientific and practical activity