To Serbia from Saratov. Russian volunteers in the struggle for national freedom of the South Slavs (1876)

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To Serbia from Saratov. Russian volunteers in the struggle for national freedom of the South Slavs (1876)

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The publication aims to restore in historical memory the feat of the Russian volunteers of 1876, who took part in the struggle for national freedom of the Slavs of the Balkan Peninsula. The most important historical factor that determined the goals and values ​​of the Russian-Turkish liberation war of 1877–1878 was the large-scale Slavic movement in Russia in the mid-1870s, and the participation of Russian volunteers in the Serbian-Turkish War of 1876 became the prologue to the liberation feat of the Russian army during the war with the Ottoman Empire. The volunteer movement has spread throughout Russia, but its regional aspect remains the least studied. The documentary monograph centers on the notes and memories of volunteers who went to the war for the freedom of the Slavs from the Saratov province.
Published historical sources make it possible to reconstruct the picture of public sentiment on the eve of the Russian-Turkish War, to more fully present the motives of participants in the volunteer movement, the methods of forming its organizational centers, its historical significance and the tragedy of the fate of volunteers. Vivid and living testimonies of direct participants in historical events, people with different views, belonging to various social strata of society, are diverse in genre form and internal content. The texts of published sources are provided with historical comments. The introduction and introductory essays of the documentary monograph, based on materials from archival and published sources, highlight the features of the Slavic volunteer movement of the 1870s. on the scale of Russia as a whole and directly in the Saratov province. The publication is intended for historians, students, students and anyone interested in the history of Russia and the Slavic peoples.

Barcode: 978-5-8243-2544-7 SKU: 70176836 Category:
Publication language: Russian

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