Some features of the organization of barter trade on the Caucasian Line in the 1840s and the first half of the 1850s
https://doi.org/10.31143/2542-212X-2025-3-80-89
EDN: DRMCOH
Abstract
The article is devoted to the study of some features of the organization of barter trade on the Caucasian Line in the 1840s and the first half of the 1850s. The principles and plans for organizing barter trade in the Caucasus are considered. It is noted that the authorities considered it expedient to establish trading yards near cities or large villages to ensure easy access for local residents. The staff of the Office of the Chief Trustee of Trade Relations with the Highlanders and the exchange yards has been determined, and their salaries have been set according to their positions. It is noted that the locations of the exchange yards covered a significant area of the Caucasus, including cities (Kizlyar, Mozdok, Pyatigorsk, and Yekaterinodar), villages (Chervlennaya, Naurskaya, Prokhladnenskaya, Batal-Pashinskaya, and Ust-Labinskaya), and fortresses (Kavkazskaya). It has been established that specific peoples, such as the Kumyks, Chechens, Ingush, Kabardians, Ossetians, Balkars, Karachais, Nogais, Abazins, as well as various Circassian and other neighboring peoples, were assigned to each exchange yard. An approximate list of goods was established for mutual exchange at the barter points. It is concluded that despite the coherence of the military and political situation in the region in the 1840s and the first half of the 1850s, the Russian authorities sought to create an effective and mutually beneficial system of barter trade with the indigenous population of the Caucasus, demonstrating their attempt to integrate the region into the economic space of the empire.
About the Author
Marina Kh. Berbekova
Kabardino-Balkarian State University named after H.M. Berbekov
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Candidate of Historical Sciences, Deputy Director of the Institute of Law, Economics, and Finance
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Berbekova M.Kh. Some features of the organization of barter trade on the Caucasian Line in the 1840s and the first half of the 1850s. Kavkazologiya. 2025;(3):80-89. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.31143/2542-212X-2025-3-80-89. EDN: DRMCOH
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