Forcible Mobilization of the Nokhchi for the Russo-Turkish War (1677–1679)
The occupation administration of the Tsardom of Muscovy made mass use of the subordinated Nokhchi (the Okochans) as a military resource in conflicts with the Ottoman Empire on distant fronts. In 1678, the Kabardian prince Kaspulat Mutsalovich Cherkassky received a tsarist charter in which the historian I. Kh. Tkhamokova records a reward «for his «many services», for having taken part in the Crimean and Chyhyryn campaigns»[1]. The registers of archival documents for 1678 record a dispatch from the Chuhuiv voivode Ivan Rykhtarov to the Razriad Prikaz «on the march of the regiment of Prince Kaspulat Mutsalovich Cherkassky to Chuhuiv»[2]. The exploitation of military potential continued the following year as well: in 1679, Tsar Fedor Alekseevich issued a decree to the Ambassadorial Prikaz on sending Prince Kaspulat Mutsalovich Cherkassky a charter «on his regiment's performance of guard duty in the vicinity of Chuhuiv and Kharkiv»[2], while a dispatch from Kaspulat Cherkassky himself to the Ambassadorial Prikaz for the same year states «on the arrival of his regiment at Valuyki»[2].
Actors
| ID | Name | Procedures |
|---|---|---|
| G0008 | Tsardom of Muscovy | 1 |
Instruments Applied
| ID | Name | Procedures |
|---|---|---|
| S0012 | Occupation and Controlled Administrations | 1 |
Procedures Carried Out
The occupation administration sent subordinated Nokhchi (Okochans) to take part in armed conflicts (the Chyhyryn campaigns) on the territory of Ukraine: the historian I. Kh. Tkhamokova notes that in 1678 the Kabardian prince Kaspulat Mutsalovich Cherkassky (under whose authority the Okochans were) received a tsar's charter «for having taken part in the Crimean and Chyhyryn campaigns»[1]; the document registers for 1678 record a dispatch from the Chuhuiv voivode Ivan Rykhtarov to the Razryadny Prikaz «on the march of the regiment of Prince Kaspulat Mutsalovich Cherkassky to Chuhuiv»[2]; and in 1679 Tsar Fedor Alekseevich issued a decree to the Posolsky Prikaz «on his regiment performing guard duty in the vicinity of Chuhuiv and Kharkiv»[2].