Siberian Federal University

Issue

Journal of Siberian Federal University. Humanities & Social Sciences. 2013 6 (2)

Authors

Kolesnik, Eduard G.; Tarasov, Mikhail G.

Contact information

Kolesnik, Eduard G.: Siberian Federal University, 79 Svobodny, Krasnoyarsk, 660041 Russia;; Tarasov, Mikhail G.: Siberian Federal University, 79 Svobodny, Krasnoyarsk, 660041 Russia; e-mail:

Keywords

cossacks; colonization; interethnic relations; ethnic conflict; World War I; the Russian Empire; Turkestan; Muslim peoples

Abstract

The article describes the history of the Cossacks interaction with indigenous Muslim peoples of Central Asia in the early XX century. It pays attention mainly to participation of the Cossacks in the suppression of “Kyrgyz” rebellion in 1916. This paper discusses the role of the Cossacks in the conquest and exploitation of the territory of Kazakhstan and Central Asia in the XVI – XIX centuries as well as the nature of their relationship with the indigenous people and the prerequisites of the rebellion of Muslim population of the region in 1916. The paper attempts to show that the main reasons of the 1916 rebellion were underestimation of the role of the Cossacks in maintaining control over the territory of Russia in Central Asia by central and regional authorities and artificial restraint of Cossack colonization. Disastrous consequences of these actions led to a complete revision of the policy of the Cossacks and attempts to force the Cossacks colonization of the region, which was interrupted by the Russian Revolution in 1917.

Pages

291-301

Paper at repository of SibFU

https://elib.sfu-kras.ru/handle/2311/9616

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