Caucasus Wars 18th–19th Centuries and Armenians. The Service of Armenians in the Russian Army as a Social Lift (19th–early 20th Сenturies)
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Lapin Vladimir V.
Doctor of Science (History), Professor, Professor, Faculty of History, European University at St. Petersburg, 6/1A, Gagarinskaya St., St. Petersburg, 191187; Leading Researcher, Tula Lev Tolstoy State Pedagogical University, 125, Lenin Ave., Tula, 300026, Russia.
lapin@eu.spb.ru
Abstract. The army of pre-revolutionary Russia was an effective social lift that allowed representatives of the unprivileged classes to receive the rights of the nobility and occupy a high position in society. The practice of participation of officers and generals in the civil administration reinforced the importance of a career in the army. Participation in hostilities affected the position of Armenians in the Caucasus and in the empire as a whole, including overcoming Armenophobia, revival of military traditions, length of service of noble status, strengthening the positions in the administration.
Keywords: army of Russia, Armenians, Caucasian War, national question, officer corps, social lift.
For citation: Lapin V.V. Caucasus Wars 18th–19th Centuries and Armenians. The Service of Armenians in the Russian Army as a Social Lift (19th–early 20th centuries), in Novoe Proshloe / The New Past. 2023. No. 1. Pp. 28–47. DOI 10.18522/2500-3224-2023-1-28-47.
The article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC 4.0).
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