2017. Vol. 5, no. 2. Trepavlov V.V.

2017. Vol. 5, no. 2, pp. 460-465

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.22378/2313-6197.2017-5-2.460-465

   REVIEW OF THE BOOK BY S.S. AVERKIEV
“TATAR INFLUENCE ON THE LIFE OF THE RUSSIAN PEOPLE”

V.V. Trepavlov
Institute of Russian History of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Moscow, Russian Federation
trepavlov@yandex.ru

The article contains a review of the book by S.S. Averkiev (1886–1963), which remained unpublished during the Soviet period, since such a topic was at that time unpopular, questionable, and therefore “inadmissible” for Soviet publishers. S.S. Averkiev saw the influence of the Tatars on various aspects of the social and cultural life of the Russian people in an extremely wide spectrum. This can even be judged by the chapters’ titles: “The Influence of Tatars on Administrative Management, Finances”, “The Influence of Tatars on Trade and Industry”, “Everyday Life”, “Manners and Customs”, “People’s Literature”. The author’s research enthusiasm often encouraged him to seek the Tatar “connection”, where borrowings actually took place from Persia and the Arab countries, from the peoples of Central Asia. Perhaps, the obsolete, pre-revolutionary general designation of Turkic-speaking peoples as Tatars to some extent affected the author in this respect. Averkiev does not insist that all selected cases and examples of borrowings were certainly associated with the Golden Horde and the later Tatar khanates. The topic of Averkiev’s book is not new at all. Attempts to identify the various manifestations of the civilizational connection between Russia and the East have been repeatedly made in historiography. As a rule, borrowings from the Golden Horde of the 13th–15th centuries and from the earlier Turkic states are considered a clear indicator of such a connection. Of course, indisputable examples exist: first of all, in the Russian titulature and social terminology, financial system of medieval Rus’, organization of the yam-service, and so on.

Keywords: Tatars, Russians, Golden Horde, Tatar khanates, everyday life, manners, customs

For citation: Trepavlov V.V. Review of the Book by S.S. Averkiev “Tatar Influence on the Life of the Russian People”. Zolotoordynskoe obozrenie=Golden Horde Review. 2017. Vol. 5, no. 2, pp. 460–465. DOI: 10.22378/2313-6197.2017-5-2.460-465

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About the author: Vadim V. Trepavlov – Dr. Sci. (History), Chief Researcher, Institute of Russian History of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Chief of the Center of History of the Peoples of Russia and Interethnic Relations (19, Dmitry Ulyanov Str., Moscow 117036, Russian Federation). E-mail: trepavlov@yandex.ru

Received  March 3, 2017   Accepted for publication  May 29, 2017
Published online  June 30, 2017