“WANTING TO DEVOTE MYSELF TO SERVICE IN THE KALMYK STEPPE”: ABOUT THE ULUS TRUSTEE SALIM-GIREY NURALIKHANOV

Abstract

At the end of the 19th - beginning of the 20th centuries. The Kalmyk steppe retained the status of a special territory within the Astrakhan province, which was expressed in a management system built taking into account the nomadic life of the autochthonous population, with the preservation of certain elements of self-government. Throughout the 19th century, foreign administration experienced a shortage of officials capable of not only adapting to the conditions of the steppe, but also building a system of communication with the local population. The solution to the problem could be graduates of educational institutions who are representatives of the nomadic foreign population and who have expressed a desire to enter the civil service. One of them is the Sultan of the Inner Kyrgyz Horde of S.-G. Z. Nuralikhanov, who, despite financial difficulties, was able to get an education and enter the service. Within the framework of this article, from the standpoint of socio-cultural anthropology, historical elitology and imagology, based on the analysis of office documentation and formal service lists, a study of his life path was conducted. In conclusion, it was concluded that, despite his short period of service in the Kalmyk steppe, Nuralikhanov was the only representative of the foreign population of the empire as part of the guardianship corps of the Administration of the Kalmyk people of the Astrakhan province.

Key words: S.Z. Nuralikhanov, Astrakhan province, Kalmyk steppe, management of small nationalities, assistants of the ulus trustee