The first world war through the eyes of Tatar soldiers

The article presents the everyday lives of Tatar soldiers during World War I. Analysis was conducted using a wide range of sources: soldiers’ letters, folklore, literary works by soldiers-writers and publications in the press, as well as official documents. In the Russian Empire, the Tatar people we...

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Main Author: Liliya R. Gabdrafikova
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Tatarstan Academy of Sciences, Marjani Institute of History 2016-11-01
Series:Историческая этнология
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Online Access:https://historicalethnology.org/news/en-2016-t1-n2-6/
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description The article presents the everyday lives of Tatar soldiers during World War I. Analysis was conducted using a wide range of sources: soldiers’ letters, folklore, literary works by soldiers-writers and publications in the press, as well as official documents. In the Russian Empire, the Tatar people were considered as a national minority. Tatar soldiers Due to their religion and language, Tatar soldiers were distinguished from the larger the army. The study reviewed the attitudes the Tatar soldiers towards the difficulties of military life, their mentality, religious issues, and relationships in a small group.
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spelling doaj.art-1932684d10ab410386d024a3f19c9c1c2024-01-11T09:46:41ZengTatarstan Academy of Sciences, Marjani Institute of HistoryИсторическая этнология2587-92862619-16362016-11-0112328348The first world war through the eyes of Tatar soldiersLiliya R. Gabdrafikova0Doctor of Science (History), Chief Research Fellow in the Department of Historical and Cultural Heritage of the Peoples of Tatarstan, Sh. Marjani Institute of History of the Tatarstan Academy of Sciences (Entrance 5, Kremlin, Kazan 420014, Russian Federation); bahetem@mail.ruThe article presents the everyday lives of Tatar soldiers during World War I. Analysis was conducted using a wide range of sources: soldiers’ letters, folklore, literary works by soldiers-writers and publications in the press, as well as official documents. In the Russian Empire, the Tatar people were considered as a national minority. Tatar soldiers Due to their religion and language, Tatar soldiers were distinguished from the larger the army. The study reviewed the attitudes the Tatar soldiers towards the difficulties of military life, their mentality, religious issues, and relationships in a small group. https://historicalethnology.org/news/en-2016-t1-n2-6/everyday life historykazan provinceorenburg provincemilitary historical anthropologymuslimssoldiers' letterstatar folkloretatar literaturetatarsworld war i
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The first world war through the eyes of Tatar soldiers
Историческая этнология
everyday life history
kazan province
orenburg province
military historical anthropology
muslims
soldiers' letters
tatar folklore
tatar literature
tatars
world war i
title The first world war through the eyes of Tatar soldiers
title_full The first world war through the eyes of Tatar soldiers
title_fullStr The first world war through the eyes of Tatar soldiers
title_full_unstemmed The first world war through the eyes of Tatar soldiers
title_short The first world war through the eyes of Tatar soldiers
title_sort first world war through the eyes of tatar soldiers
topic everyday life history
kazan province
orenburg province
military historical anthropology
muslims
soldiers' letters
tatar folklore
tatar literature
tatars
world war i
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