“Sometimes Martha Attacked Rural Settlements and Gentry Estates:” From the History of the Noble Banditry in the XVIII – First Half of the XIX Centuries (Based on Belgorod and Kursk Regional Materials)

The author considers the banditry of Martha Durova, a prominent landowner in Putivl` uezd, Sevsk province, Belgorod guberniia, in the context of social relations in the Russian-Ukrainian borderlands in the eigthteenth through the first half of the nineteenth century. The government ultimately sent m...

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Main Author: V. A. Shapovalov
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Publishing House “Belgorod” 2014-11-01
Series:Tractus Aevorum
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Online Access:http://ta.bsu.edu.ru/images/stories/2/06.pdf
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description The author considers the banditry of Martha Durova, a prominent landowner in Putivl` uezd, Sevsk province, Belgorod guberniia, in the context of social relations in the Russian-Ukrainian borderlands in the eigthteenth through the first half of the nineteenth century. The government ultimately sent military units to the “porubezhny krai” to secure her arrest. While noble banditry was certainly not unique to Belgorod and Kursk provinces, no other regions of Russia recorded violent, bloody noble banditry and an accompanying governmental military response on a similarly large scale during the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. The author identifies the tradition of “vol’nitsa” (brigands) in the Russian-Ukrainian borderlands, as well as the weakness and corruption of the Crown authorities in the former southwestern borderlands of the Russian state, as the major factors that shaped the Durova incident.
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spelling doaj.art-1ce62af2101448f0b3862829f3592a922022-12-22T01:25:08ZengPublishing House “Belgorod”Tractus Aevorum2312-30442014-11-011220421210.18413/2312-3044-2014-1-2-204-212“Sometimes Martha Attacked Rural Settlements and Gentry Estates:” From the History of the Noble Banditry in the XVIII – First Half of the XIX Centuries (Based on Belgorod and Kursk Regional Materials)V. A. Shapovalov 0Belgorod National Research UniversityThe author considers the banditry of Martha Durova, a prominent landowner in Putivl` uezd, Sevsk province, Belgorod guberniia, in the context of social relations in the Russian-Ukrainian borderlands in the eigthteenth through the first half of the nineteenth century. The government ultimately sent military units to the “porubezhny krai” to secure her arrest. While noble banditry was certainly not unique to Belgorod and Kursk provinces, no other regions of Russia recorded violent, bloody noble banditry and an accompanying governmental military response on a similarly large scale during the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. The author identifies the tradition of “vol’nitsa” (brigands) in the Russian-Ukrainian borderlands, as well as the weakness and corruption of the Crown authorities in the former southwestern borderlands of the Russian state, as the major factors that shaped the Durova incident.http://ta.bsu.edu.ru/images/stories/2/06.pdfrussian-ukrainian borderlandsmartha durovaproprietorbanditrybelgorod provinceeigthteenth centuryfirst half of the nineteenth century
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“Sometimes Martha Attacked Rural Settlements and Gentry Estates:” From the History of the Noble Banditry in the XVIII – First Half of the XIX Centuries (Based on Belgorod and Kursk Regional Materials)
Tractus Aevorum
russian-ukrainian borderlands
martha durova
proprietor
banditry
belgorod province
eigthteenth century
first half of the nineteenth century
title “Sometimes Martha Attacked Rural Settlements and Gentry Estates:” From the History of the Noble Banditry in the XVIII – First Half of the XIX Centuries (Based on Belgorod and Kursk Regional Materials)
title_full “Sometimes Martha Attacked Rural Settlements and Gentry Estates:” From the History of the Noble Banditry in the XVIII – First Half of the XIX Centuries (Based on Belgorod and Kursk Regional Materials)
title_fullStr “Sometimes Martha Attacked Rural Settlements and Gentry Estates:” From the History of the Noble Banditry in the XVIII – First Half of the XIX Centuries (Based on Belgorod and Kursk Regional Materials)
title_full_unstemmed “Sometimes Martha Attacked Rural Settlements and Gentry Estates:” From the History of the Noble Banditry in the XVIII – First Half of the XIX Centuries (Based on Belgorod and Kursk Regional Materials)
title_short “Sometimes Martha Attacked Rural Settlements and Gentry Estates:” From the History of the Noble Banditry in the XVIII – First Half of the XIX Centuries (Based on Belgorod and Kursk Regional Materials)
title_sort sometimes martha attacked rural settlements and gentry estates from the history of the noble banditry in the xviii first half of the xix centuries based on belgorod and kursk regional materials
topic russian-ukrainian borderlands
martha durova
proprietor
banditry
belgorod province
eigthteenth century
first half of the nineteenth century
url http://ta.bsu.edu.ru/images/stories/2/06.pdf
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