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 subjugated 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].

ID: C1123
Start:  January 1677
End:  January 1679
Version: 1.0
Created: 15 June 2026
Last Modified: 15 June 2026

Actors

ID Name Description
G0008 Tsardom of Muscovy

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].

Techniques Used

ID Name Use
T0049 Forced Mobilization

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].

Instruments

ID Name Description
S0012 Occupation and Controlled Administrations

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].

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