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Kotov, P. P. PARTICIPATION OF APPANAGE PEASANTS OF THE VOLOGDA PROVINCE IN THE PATRIOTIC WAR AND THE CRIMEAN WAR. Proceedings of Petrozavodsk State University. 2026;48(2):18–27. DOI: 10.15393/uchz.art.2026.1276
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PARTICIPATION OF APPANAGE PEASANTS OF THE VOLOGDA PROVINCE IN THE PATRIOTIC WAR AND THE CRIMEAN WAR
| Kotov P. P. | Komi Science Centre of the Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences |
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Keywords: Vologda Province Velsk Uyezd Totem Uyezd appanage peasants Patriotic War of 1812 Crimean War volunteer soldiers riflemen warriors |
Summary: The article is aimed at studying the participation of rural workers in the struggle against Napoleon during
the foreign campaigns of the Russian army in 1813 and the Crimean War of 1853–1856, focusing on the case of the
appanage peasants of the Velsk and Totem uyezds of the Vologda Province. After Napoleon’s army invaded Russia, a
battalion of volunteers was formed from the appanage of Grand Duchess Catherine Pavlovna, which participated in all
major battles of 1813 in Europe. Peasants from the Spassky Prikaz of the Totem Uyezd participated in these campaigns
of Russia’s first volunteer-based military unit, with one-third of them perishing. Building on the experience of 1813, a
rifle regiment was established during the Crimean War, consisting primarily of volunteers from the appanage peasantry.
Many villagers from the three appanage prikazs of the Velsk Uyezd also served as riflemen in this regiment. The rifle
regiment was sent to guard the northern Black Sea region against possible enemy landings. However, typhus broke out
in the unit, leading to significant casualties. As a result, more than half of the volunteers from the appanage peasantry
of the Velsk Uyezd never returned to their families. Along with the riflemen, several hundred appanage peasants from
the Velsk Uyezd volunteered as warriors, who were expected to be deployed in the event of a major British and French
invasion of the White Sea coast. The mortality rate among these warriors was one in twenty, which was significantly lower than the losses among the volunteers of 1813 and 1855–1856. Furthermore, the youngest volunteers were the appanage warriors of 1813, while the oldest were the riflemen and warriors of 1855–1856. |
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