The Aboriginal Peoples of Siberia’s Oath of Allegiance to the Russian Tsar in the Seventeenth Century: Rights and Obligations
Journal: RussianStudiesHu
Year: 2025

This study identifies and characterizes the legal status of the peoples of Siberia as subjects of the Russian monarchs, scrutinizing different tools of the political and legal registration of swearing-in procedures (shertovanie) in the late 16th–17th centuries. Based on an analysis of Siberian administrative documents, the authors describe rights and obligations that were proclaimed for the indigenous population of Siberia. The rights (or rather the possibilities) to be made available to the Sib