PERSONAL CONTACTS OF PETER THE GREAT WITH THE RULING ELITES OF DAGESTAN

A historiographical analysis of the events Petrine era in Caucasus demonstrates that problem personal contacts Tsar Peter I with ruling elites Dagestan during his campaign 1722 remains one poorly developed historical aspects. The tsar’s foreign were part imperial policy expanding territories Russian state, involving new subjects sphere political and legal space empire, ensuring their loyalty conditions multi-ethnicity fragmentation Caucasus. Such was achieved by local social structure its economic system. Great’s rulers took place Persian expedition – last major campaign, as a result which southwestern Caspian region briefly conquered annexed to Empire. conducted study made it possible identify reason determined pro-Russian position or another ruler, attitude I, particular. parties accompanied giving each other expensive gifts, awarding ranks elite had passed into citizenship, confirmation positions, assignment salaries representatives, etc. is based on retrospective documentary information collected from documents scientific archives Russia sources. source base study, addition archival documents, are materials direct participants eyewitnesses meeting number Dagestani rulers: “The War Diary 1722”, compiled middle XIX century diary entries travel notes Scottish doctor J. Bell Artillery Captain Bruce. two sources this used original.