Historical, Philosophical, Political and Law Sciences, Culturology and Study of Art. Issues of Theory and Practice. Tambov: Gramota, 2015. № 11. Part 3. P. 202-205.
CIRCASSIAN COLONIZATION IN OTTOMAN SYRIA IN THE SECOND HALF OF THE XIX - THE EARLY XX CENTURY
Chochiev Georgii Vital'evich
V. I. Abaev North-Ossetian Institute of Humanities and Social Studies of Vladikavkaz Scientific Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences and the Government of the Republic of North Ossetia-Alania
Abstract. This article discusses the causes, circumstances and stages of North Caucasian immigrants’ settlement in Ottoman Syria and the peculiarities of their socio-economic and cultural adaptation to the local conditions. The role of the Circassians in the complex ethno-political conjuncture of the region is analyzed. The author concludes that the Circassian colonization contributed to the public security ensuring, the acceleration of the economic development and the consolidation of Ottoman administration power in Arab provinces.
Key words and phrases: османская Сирия, черкесы, Порта, иммиграция, колонизация, социальная адаптация, бедуины, друзы, Ottoman Syria, the Circassians, Porte, immigration, colonization, social adaptation, the Bedouins, the Druzes
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