Vestnik of Orenburg State Pedagogical University. Electronic Scientific Journal. 2022. № 1 (41). P. 185—190

 

HISTORICAL SCIENCES

REVIEW

UDC 94(47)(049.32)

Magomedov Ramazan Radzhabovich, Doctor of Historical Sciences, Professor
Orenburg State Pedagogical University

 

ORENBURG PROVINCE AS A SOUTHEASTERN OUTPOST AND FRONTIER OF THE RUSSIAN EMPIRE (1734 — THE BEGINNING OF THE XX CENTURY). BOOK REVIEW: ORENBURG REGION — A MULTICULTURAL AND CROSS-BORDER REGION OF THE RUSSIAN EMPIRE: A COLLECTION OF DOCUMENTS. TO THE 250th ANNIVERSARY OF THE BIRTH OF THE OUTSTANDING MILITARY AND STATESMAN, ORENBURG MILITARY GOVERNOR PYOTR KIRILLOVICH ESSEN (1772). Orenburg: IPK “Universitet” Publ., 2021. 712 p.)

Abstract

The review examines the book “Orenburg Region — a multicultural and cross-border region of the Russian Empire”, containing 270 documents on the political, administrative, socio-economic and cultural development of the Orenburg province in the pre-revolutionary period. The features of the historical sources included in the collection are analyzed, their importance is shown both for the history of the Orenburg region — the southeastern outpost and frontier of the Russian Empire, and for national history as a whole. The publication under review is concluded to be a valuable contribution to the development of modern regional historiography of pre-revolutionary Russia.

Key words

Orenburg region, frontier, outpost, historical source, Pugachev uprising, regional historiography.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.32516/2303-9922.2022.41.15

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Magomedov R. R. Orenburg Province as a southeastern outpost and frontier of the Russian Empire (1734 — the beginning of the XX century). Book review: Orenburg Region — a multicultural and cross-border region of the Russian Empire: a collection of documents. To the 250th anniversary of the birth of the outstanding military and statesman, Orenburg military governor Pyotr Kirillovich Essen (1772). Orenburg: IPK “Universitet” Publ., 2021. 712 p.)Vestnik of Orenburg State Pedagogical University. Electronic Scientific Journal, 2022, no. 1 (41), pp. 185—190. DOI: https://doi.org/10.32516/2303-9922.2022.41.15.