‘By Your Mercy I Used to Live Quietly. What to Do? Please, Arbitrate, Your Grace’: Revisiting the Beginnings of 1723 Political Crisis in Kalmyk Khanate

Introduction. The article publishes one of the last letters submitted by Khan Ayuka of the Kalmyks to the Russian Emperor Peter the Great. Goals. The work aims at introducing newly discovered correspondence dealing with Russian-Kalmyk relations in the first quarter of the 18th century. Materials. Th...

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Main Author: Vladimir T. Tepkeev
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Российской академии наук, Калмыцкий научный центр 2022-10-01
Series:Oriental Studies
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Online Access:https://kigiran.elpub.ru/jour/article/view/3781