Abolition of Courts of Conscience in the Russian Empire: general provisions (1828—1866)
Based on a wide range of unpublished archival sources, the process of abolishing courts of conscience in the Russian Empire between 1828 and 1866 is analyzed. The mass abolition of courts of conscience dates to 1852, when, following all regulatory procedures, 18 courts of conscience were closed. At the same time, the positions of judges of conscience were not always ...
Evolution of civil promotion in rank in the Russian empire in the 18th and 19th centuries
The author studies governmental measures to regulate the sphere of promotion in rank in the Russian Empire analyzing new data obtained from unpublished documents of the Russian State Historical Archive (RGIA). Documents demonstrate the role of the Table of Ranks of Peter I and its influence on the development of civil ranks in the Russian Empire. The ...
From Pan-Islamism to Pan-Turkism: Changing the paradigm of the political and legal development of the Ottoman Empire in the late 19th — early 20th century
... are highlighted. The purpose of this article is to explore the path of transformation of the dominant political and legal paradigms, ideologies and discourses in late Ottoman society from the beginning of the Tanzimat era until the end of the Ottoman Empire. The methodological basis of the study is made up of general scientific methods of cognition in combination with specific scientific methods developed by legal and historical science (formal legal, comparative legal, historical, systemic method,...
The role of N. A. Sultan-Krym-Girei in the development of the Sokolsky movement in the Russian Empire
... He was one of the first initiators of introducing hygiene education in Russian schools. During his Caucasian period, N. A. Sultan-Krym-Girei was directly involved in the creation and leadership of the first Sokols’ gymnastics society in the Russian Empire. As a senator, he played an active role in the creation and activities of the Sokols’ gymnastics societies in St. Petersburg and the unified governing body of the Sokols’ movement in Russia, the “Union of Russian Sokols,” and led them. ...
“And the Young Turks will not resurrect their fatherland”: Russian right-wingers and the Young Turk Revolution
... Hundreds and nationalists) on the causes of the Young Turk Revolution of 1908, their attitudes towards the development of the revolutionary situation, and the judgments of the Russian right-wing about the consequences of the power shift in the Ottoman Empire. These questions have not previously been the subject of independent research in the scientific literature. Based on materials from right-wing periodicals (newspapers “Zemshchina,” “Russkoe Znamya,” “Moskovskie Vedomosti,” “Kolokol,...
