11. N. Yu. Persidskaya. THE MORDVINIAN HEAD IN SYSTEM OF LOCAL AUTHORITIES OF THE 17th CENTURY

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DOI: 10.15507/VMU.024.201403.088

THE MORDVINIAN HEAD IN SYSTEM OF LOCAL AUTHORITIES OF THE 17th CENTURY

N. Yu. Persidskaya.
(associate professor of of History of Russia chair of History and Sociology Institute, Ogarev Mordovia State University (Saransk, Russia), Kandidat Nauk (PhD) degree holder in Historical sciences, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.)

The article discusses the administration of Mordovian population and the position of the head of Mordvinians. The author defines the functions and place of the Head in the system of local authorities of the Russian state in the 17th century. Numerous archival materials have been studied to show this position as an important social tool; national specifics of administration of the Mordovian population are considered.

Keywords: Mordvinian head, Mordvinian police officer, judicial functions, taxation, voivode, detective headman.

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