35 10 510 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource The Many Lives of Mirzas Description An account of the resource This collection contains biographical sketches of the 39 members of the Crimean Tatar elite who were registered as members of the nobility of Tavrida Province and whose noble status was recognized by the imperial government in St. Petersburg.  Official recognition of noble status came via approval of the Heraldry Office and subsequent inscription in the noble register (rodoslovnaia kniga / родословная книга) of any given province of the empire. The <a href="http://dighist.fas.harvard.edu/projects/crimeaproject/items/show/312" target="_blank">Tavrida noble register</a> was compiled on an annual basis starting in 1804 by the provincial noble assembly. Between 1804 and 1853 there were 660 entries, only 39 of which described Crimean Tatars. The 39 entries, all of which are presented here, dealt with a total of 51 Crimean Tatar nobles (brothers and cousins often petitioned together for inclusion in the noble register), along with their families. Though they do little more than scratch the surface of Crimean Tatar (elite) life under Russian rule, they provide compelling evidence of the ways in which kinship and service could be converted into enhanced social status. A few notes before you dig in: All names are transliterated from Russian, which was the language of the noble registers. This accounts for the odd spellings of Tatar and Turkic names. Each entry is a highly structured text, its format standardized across all the provinces of the Russian Empire. That structure is reflected in the way the information within each entry is presented here. As you move through this collection, pay attention to clan names, variations in title (murza, bey, aga), family structure (particularly the importance of lateral kinship), and the dramatic variation in service records and landownership. In order to get a full sense of the connections among individuals, 1) use the "Item Relations" (at the end of each entry), which mark kinship relations and connections to key archival sources that might remain opaque when going the material Item-by-Item; and 2), surf the tags! Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Kelly O'Neill Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1804-1853 Member of the Crimean Tatar Elite limited to Crimean Tatars Rank Guards Lieutenant and Cavalier Year of Inscription 1832 Inscription Note Display Description Inscribed in part 1 of the rodoslovnaia kniga (reserved for recipients of imperial seals, stamps, and coats-of-arms). Birth Date 1810 Family & Background The young bachelors (aged 22 and 21) were the sons of the late Infantry General Aleksandr Iakovlevich Rudzevich, cavalier of various orders and veteran of the Preobrazhensky Guards Regiment among other offices. Their mother was Marfa Evstafasevna. Service Record Mikhail Aleksandrovich served in the Izmailovskij Guards Regiment with the rank of ensign and cavalier; he was also Court Page to Alexander I. Residence & Property Property consisted of 31 souls, land in Simferopol, Evpatoriia, Perekop and Feodosiia uezdy amounting to 70,000 desiatinas, along with 2 vineyards in the choice Sudak valley and additional orchards in Simferopol uezd. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Nikolai Aleksandrovich Rudzevich and his brother, Mikhail Aleksandrovich Subject The topic of the resource Tavrida noble register entry Evpatoriia uezd Feodosiia uezd landowner lateral kinship orchards Perekop uezd Simferopol uezd Sudak valley vertical kinship vineyards women Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Dachas Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context gazetteer Description An account of the resource In simplest terms, a dacha was a portion of land given out by the tsar. The apportioning of land to servitors and favorites was hardly an innovation, but over the course of the eighteenth century the dacha became ever more closely associated with the expansion of the empire. Early in the century, Peter I imbued the dacha with a distinctly strategic character, distributing grants both as a form of incentive and a coercive strategy for affecting the physical transformation of his new capital at St. Petersburg. Devoid of any associations with wellness, leisure, comfort, or domesticity – this came later in the nineteenth century – the earlier iteration of the dacha referred to a plot of uninhabited, unbuilt, uncultivated land located some distance away from the proprietor’s primary residence. A diligent proprietor might convert it into an usad'ba (country estate), with formal or mature gardens and permanent dwellings, or into an agriculturally-productive site – a farm, an orchard, a cultivated woodland. The essence of the dacha was that it implied a dynamic relationship between owner and property and the conversion of empty spaces into usable, definable places. Related narration: <a href="http://dighist.fas.harvard.edu/projects/beautifulspaces/exhibits/show/dachageo" target="_self">Dacha Geography</a> <hr /> Dacha property Property Note Display Description A dacha composed of 1,827 desiatinas (4,932 acres) at Tobe Chokrak, of which 96% was considered suitable for cultivation. Ownership Note Kamerdiner Chernov; Vice Admiral Ushakov Dacha Grant Year 1792 Attestation 1802 Dacha Reports Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Nikolskaia settler property Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Dachas Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context gazetteer Description An account of the resource In simplest terms, a dacha was a portion of land given out by the tsar. The apportioning of land to servitors and favorites was hardly an innovation, but over the course of the eighteenth century the dacha became ever more closely associated with the expansion of the empire. Early in the century, Peter I imbued the dacha with a distinctly strategic character, distributing grants both as a form of incentive and a coercive strategy for affecting the physical transformation of his new capital at St. Petersburg. Devoid of any associations with wellness, leisure, comfort, or domesticity – this came later in the nineteenth century – the earlier iteration of the dacha referred to a plot of uninhabited, unbuilt, uncultivated land located some distance away from the proprietor’s primary residence. A diligent proprietor might convert it into an usad'ba (country estate), with formal or mature gardens and permanent dwellings, or into an agriculturally-productive site – a farm, an orchard, a cultivated woodland. The essence of the dacha was that it implied a dynamic relationship between owner and property and the conversion of empty spaces into usable, definable places. Related narration: <a href="http://dighist.fas.harvard.edu/projects/beautifulspaces/exhibits/show/dachageo" target="_self">Dacha Geography</a> <hr /> Dacha property Property Note Display Description According to the 1794 report, this dacha consisted of 7,649 cultivable desiatinas (over 20,000 acres) in or near the villages of Mamasha, Efendikoi, Aranchi, Dzhuma Mechit, Eskel, and gardens along the Kacha River. The land was purchased from the former kaymakan and in part abandoned by the Kazasker Efendi upon emigration. Ownership Note Wife of Lt. Colonel Rodziankin; later Falev, Martynovskoi (commissar) Dacha Grant Year 1787 Attestation 1794 Dacha Reports; 1802 Dacha Reports Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Nizhne Mikhailovskaia Kacha River settler property women Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Dachas Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context gazetteer Description An account of the resource In simplest terms, a dacha was a portion of land given out by the tsar. The apportioning of land to servitors and favorites was hardly an innovation, but over the course of the eighteenth century the dacha became ever more closely associated with the expansion of the empire. Early in the century, Peter I imbued the dacha with a distinctly strategic character, distributing grants both as a form of incentive and a coercive strategy for affecting the physical transformation of his new capital at St. Petersburg. Devoid of any associations with wellness, leisure, comfort, or domesticity – this came later in the nineteenth century – the earlier iteration of the dacha referred to a plot of uninhabited, unbuilt, uncultivated land located some distance away from the proprietor’s primary residence. A diligent proprietor might convert it into an usad'ba (country estate), with formal or mature gardens and permanent dwellings, or into an agriculturally-productive site – a farm, an orchard, a cultivated woodland. The essence of the dacha was that it implied a dynamic relationship between owner and property and the conversion of empty spaces into usable, definable places. Related narration: <a href="http://dighist.fas.harvard.edu/projects/beautifulspaces/exhibits/show/dachageo" target="_self">Dacha Geography</a> <hr /> Dacha property Property Note Display Description 557 desiatinas of land, of which 500 desiatinas was forest along the upper reaches of the Kacha river. Ownership Note Admiral Mordvinov Dacha Grant Year 1788 Attestation 1802 Dacha Reports Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Nizhne Nikolaevskaia forests Kacha River settler property Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource A Monumental Inscription Description An account of the resource [HOLD FOR INTRO TEXT]<hr /> Narration fragment Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource No ordinary tomb Description An account of the resource The tomb described in this inscription was no ordinary tomb. In fact, the burial place of Haci Giray Khan, who died in 1466 having founded the Giray dynasty, is one of precious few surviving examples of sixteenth century Crimean architecture. Its significance was clear to members of the Odessa Society, and it was likewise clear to Count Aleksei Sergeevich Uvarov (1828-1884), a famous archaeologist and member of the Russian Academy of Sciences. At precisely the same time that the Odessa Society was preparing its inscription translations, Uvarov was conducting an archaeological expedition of the antiquities of the Black Sea region commissioned by the newly-established Imperial Archaeological Society in St. Petersburg. He published his work in 1848 (the French translation came in 1855), following it three years later with <a title="see select illustrations from Uvarov's work" href="http://dighist.fas.harvard.edu/projects/beautifulspaces/collections/show/19" target="_self">a companion collection of maps and drawings</a>. The sixty-nine plates in the latter volume testify to the strikingly inclusive scholarly gaze of Uvarov and the community of archaeologists (and imperial officials) he represented. The maps, views, and illustrations of artifacts bring Tatar mosques, Karaim cave dwellings, stashes of Greek amphorae, and Genoese fortifications, all in various stages of preservation or ruin, together in one elegant articulation of the particularly Russian understanding of what constituted "the Orient". They celebrate both the sedimentation of civilizations along the Black Sea's northern littoral, and Russia's territorial and cultural possession of those legacies, all with a tastefully subdued palate of beige, blue, and gray. Uvarov included <a href="http://dighist.fas.harvard.edu/projects/beautifulspaces/item/565" target="_blank">a color lithograph of the mausoleum at Salaçık</a>. Executed by François Joseph Dupressoir, it allows us some sense of the changes wrought over time to the tomb, its surrounding landscape, and to the imperial approach to defining and preserving antiquities.  Use the link below to navigate the annotated image in fullscreen mode (recommended). Neatline Display Neatline Exhibit 9 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Dachas Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context gazetteer Description An account of the resource In simplest terms, a dacha was a portion of land given out by the tsar. The apportioning of land to servitors and favorites was hardly an innovation, but over the course of the eighteenth century the dacha became ever more closely associated with the expansion of the empire. Early in the century, Peter I imbued the dacha with a distinctly strategic character, distributing grants both as a form of incentive and a coercive strategy for affecting the physical transformation of his new capital at St. Petersburg. Devoid of any associations with wellness, leisure, comfort, or domesticity – this came later in the nineteenth century – the earlier iteration of the dacha referred to a plot of uninhabited, unbuilt, uncultivated land located some distance away from the proprietor’s primary residence. A diligent proprietor might convert it into an usad'ba (country estate), with formal or mature gardens and permanent dwellings, or into an agriculturally-productive site – a farm, an orchard, a cultivated woodland. The essence of the dacha was that it implied a dynamic relationship between owner and property and the conversion of empty spaces into usable, definable places. Related narration: <a href="http://dighist.fas.harvard.edu/projects/beautifulspaces/exhibits/show/dachageo" target="_self">Dacha Geography</a> <hr /> Dacha property Property Note Display Description A diminuitive dacha of 613 desiatinas in or near the village of Chokurcha. Ownership Note Collegiate Councillor Notara Attestation 1794 Dacha Reports; 1802 Dacha Reports Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Notarovka settler property Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Spatial Grammar Description An account of the resource [HOLD FOR INTRO TEXT]<hr /> Administrative unit Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Novorossiia (New Russia) Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Essential Published Sources Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource O drevnostiakh iuzhnago berega Kryma i gor Tavricheskikh Type The nature or genre of the resource Book Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Petr Keppen Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Pechatano pri Imp. akademīi nauk Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1837 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Yudin Collection, Library of Congress Zotero Title O drevnosti︠a︡kh i︠u︡zhnago berega Kryma i gor Tavricheskikh Item Type Book Author Petr Keppen Collection (Library of Congress) Yudin Place Sanktpeterburg Publisher Pechatano pri Imp. akademīi nauk Date 1837 Call Number DK508.9.K78 K46 1837 Library Catalog lms01.harvard.edu Library Catalog Num Pages 409 Note Cover title: Krymskīĭ sbornik Accompanied by: Ukazatelʹ k Karti︠e︡ i︠u︡zhnago Kryma prinadlezhashcheĭ k Krymskomu sborniku Petra Keppena. Sanktpeterburg : Pri Imperatorskoĭ Akademīi nauk, 1836. 68 p. + 1 map on 4 sheets ; 62 x 107 cm., sheets 35 x 57 cm., folded to 29 x 18 cm antiquities fortification maps southern coast Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Dachas Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context gazetteer Description An account of the resource In simplest terms, a dacha was a portion of land given out by the tsar. The apportioning of land to servitors and favorites was hardly an innovation, but over the course of the eighteenth century the dacha became ever more closely associated with the expansion of the empire. Early in the century, Peter I imbued the dacha with a distinctly strategic character, distributing grants both as a form of incentive and a coercive strategy for affecting the physical transformation of his new capital at St. Petersburg. Devoid of any associations with wellness, leisure, comfort, or domesticity – this came later in the nineteenth century – the earlier iteration of the dacha referred to a plot of uninhabited, unbuilt, uncultivated land located some distance away from the proprietor’s primary residence. A diligent proprietor might convert it into an usad'ba (country estate), with formal or mature gardens and permanent dwellings, or into an agriculturally-productive site – a farm, an orchard, a cultivated woodland. The essence of the dacha was that it implied a dynamic relationship between owner and property and the conversion of empty spaces into usable, definable places. Related narration: <a href="http://dighist.fas.harvard.edu/projects/beautifulspaces/exhibits/show/dachageo" target="_self">Dacha Geography</a> <hr /> Dacha property Property Note Display Description According to the 1794 report, this dacha consisted of 1659 desiatinas. Ownership Note Colonel Miklashevksii Attestation 1794 Dacha Reports Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Odshibik settler property Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Annotations Description An account of the resource Collections of the annotations used to reflect upon, expand upon, contextualize, link, or question the content of the site. Each annotation is linked to the material that inspired it via Item Relations. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context annotations Annotation notes on Items, Pages, etc. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Omeka Description An account of the resource Omeka is a free, flexible, and open source web-publishing platform for the display of library, museum, archives, and scholarly collections and exhibitions.[...] Omeka is a Swahili word meaning to display or lay out wares; to speak out; to spread out; to unpack. Omeka falls at a crossroads of Web Content Management, Collections Management, and Archival Digital Collections Systems. http://omeka.org/about/ Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media, George Mason University