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Чедия А.Р. Этническая ситуация на Западном Кавказе по представлениям османов (на примере документа Османского архива Hat- Hatt-i hümayün 1104/444590-Y)
The object of the study is the ideas of Ottoman authors about the ethnic situation in the Western Caucasus in the first half of the 19th century. Considering that for more than 300 years of history (from 1454 to 1829) the Western Caucasus was in the sphere of interests of the Ottoman Empire, of particular interest for studying the history of the peoples of the region and their relationship with the Ottoman Empire are unpublished Ottoman archival materials that reveal the peculiarities of understanding by the Ottomans ethnic situation in the Western Caucasus. One of these documents will be discussed in this article. When writing the article, an analysis and generalization of the main Ottoman historical works were carried out, in which we find mention of the peoples of the region. When translating an archival document, the author uses the main theoretical and practical methods of historical research. For the first time, a document from the Ottoman State Archive Hatt-Hatti hümayün 1104/444590-Y is introduced into scientific circulation, which describes the peoples of the Western Caucasus. Due to the fact that the peoples of the Western Caucasus remained unwritten until the second half of the 19th century, most of the studies on the history of the region are memoirs left by foreign travelers, military men, ambassadors, agents, etc. In this regard, the above document will allow researchers in the history and ethnography of the region to take a fresh look at the ethnic history of the peoples of the Western Caucasus