Bailiff offices in the Central Caucasus in the 1830s–1850s in modern historiography

A.R. Beppaev

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Abstract: The article is devoted to the study of the history of bailiffs’ administrations in the Central Caucasus in the 1830s–1850s in modern historiography. The relevance of the study lies in examining a set of historiographical sources and determining how and through what factors the volume of scientific knowledge in this field increased. This topic has not previously been the subject of a special study, and its originality lies in the problem definition and the analysis of the latest historiographical sources on the creation and development of the bailiffs’ offices in the Central Caucasus in the 1830s and 1850s. The study uses comparative-historical, problem-chronological, and periodization methods. It also analyzes in detail the works of contemporary researchers such as Z.M. Bliyeva, Zh.A. Kalmykov, E.G. Muratova (Bitova), E.I. Kobakhidze, Z.Zh. Glasheva, A.Kh. Abazov, I.R. Marzey (Nakhusheva), D.M. Alkhasova, and others. It is concluded that the bailiff in the Central Caucasus in the 1830s–1850s remained a key figure in maintaining order and stability in the border territories, ensuring interaction between the center and the indigenous population of the region. Further prospects for studying the history of the development of local judicial and administrative control institutions in the Central Caucasus in the 1830s–1850s are outlined.

Keywords: Central Caucasus, Caucasian Line, Center of the Caucasian Line, bailiff, bailiff department, historiography, historiographical source

For citation. Beppaev A.R. Bailiff offices in the Central Caucasus in the 1830s–1850s in modern historiography. News of the Kabardino-Balkarian Scientific Center of RAS. 2025. Vol. 27. No. 4. Pp. 155–162. DOI: 10.35330/1991-6639-2025-27-4-155-162

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Information about the author

Azamat R. Beppaev, Postgraduate Student of the Scientific and Educational Center, KabardinoBalkarian Scientific Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences;
360010, Russia, Nalchik, 2 Balkarov street;
beppaev33@mail.ru