Vestnik of Orenburg State Pedagogical University. Electronic Scientific Journal. 2022. № 2 (42). P. 155—164
HISTORICAL SCIENCES
UDC 94(47)“174/176”
Dzhundzhuzov Stepan Viktorovich, Doctor of Historical Sciences, Associate Professor
Orenburg State Pedagogical University
FORMATION OF THE SERVIСE DYNASTY OF THE VOLGA BAPTIZED KALMYKS DERBETEVS (40s — 60s OF THE XVIII CENTURY)
Abstract
In the context of the personification of the study of the history of the Volga baptized Kalmyks, the circumstances of the conversion to Christianity of the scion of the proprietorial family Nikita Derbetev and his sons are characterized. Using the example of the service career of the Derbetev brothers, the conditions and order of service of the command staff of the Stavropol Kalmyk army (corps) are traced. The degree of nobility of the baptized Noyons was determined by the Russian government based on the position of their families in the feudal hierarchy of the Kalmyk Khanate. Derbetev was assigned the second step after the khan’s surname in it, which allowed N. Derbetev to take the position of “the first in the Kalmyk court”. His sons no longer stood out from the general mass of the baptized Kalmyk nobility. Their career advancement was determined by the presence of vacant positions, personal abilities and merits.
Key words
The Derbetevs, Kalmyks, Board of Foreign Affairs, baptism, service, Orenburg governor, Stavropol Kalmyk army.
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Dzhundzhuzov S. V. Formation of the serviсe dynasty of the Volga baptized Kalmyks Derbetevs (40s — 60s of the XVIII century). Vestnik of Orenburg State Pedagogical University. Electronic Scientific Journal, 2022, no. 2 (42), pp. 155—164. DOI: https://doi.org/10.32516/2303-9922.2022.42.12.