Caucasian problems in the research of Adolf Petrovich Berger (based on the materials of the journal «Russkaya starina»)
https://doi.org/10.31143/2542-212X-2025-2-140-158
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Abstract
The article studies scientific papers published by A.P. Bergerbin in the magazine «Russkaya Starina». The author collaborated with the editors of this journal for fourteen years (1872–1886) and prepared for it dozens of documentary collections and articles dedicated to the problem of Russian-Caucasian relations in the 16th-19th centuries, as well as various issues of the history and culture of the Caucasian peoples.
Most of the archival materials published by the historian constitute paperwork and memoirs of military-political and public figures known in the Caucasus. Among them are orders and correspondence of P.D. Tsitsianov, I.V. Gudovich, A.P. Tormasov, A.P. Ermolov, I.V. Paskevich and others. The bulk of the research of A.P. Berger published by the «Russkaya Starina» is devoted to the policy of the Russian military administration in the region, various problems of the accession of the Caucasian peoples to Russia, etc. Part of the scientist’s works is devoted to the study of the facts of the biography of famous historical personalities, one way or another, related to the Caucasus. Among them, the writer and diplomat A.S. Griboedov, Iranian Shah Feth-Ali-Shah, his grandson Khosrov-Mirza, Caucasian governor N.I. Muravyov, Lieutenant General N.P. Kolyubakin and others.
In the articles of A.P. Berger, presented in the journal «Russkaya Starina», were acquired new research areas of Caucasian. Its support on an extensive source base contributed to the development of the scientific method and the formation of the domestic Caucasia foundations.
Supporting agencies: The study was performed with the financial support of the internal grant of the KBSU. Treaty no. 14 dated 9.07.2024.
About the Author
Anzhela A. Zhurtova
Kabardino-Balkarian State University named after H.M. Berbekov
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Candidate of Historical Sciences, Associate Professor, Associate Professor of the Department of Russian History and Caucasian Studies
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Zhurtova A.A. Caucasian problems in the research of Adolf Petrovich Berger (based on the materials of the journal «Russkaya starina»). Kavkazologiya. 2025;(2):140-158. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.31143/2542-212X-2025-2-140-158. EDN: OLXUAJ
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