Service of the Astrakhan Turkic nobility in the Nizovoy Regiment during the Crimean Campaigns of 1687 and 1689
Journal: From History and Culture of Peoples of the Middle Volga Region
Year: 2025

The article examines the participation of representatives of the Astrakhan Turkic nobility in military campaigns against the Crimean Khanate undertaken by the Muscovite state in the second half of the 1680s. The study focuses on the combat path of the core of the Russian army, an integral part of which was the Nizovoy Regiment, in which where Astrakhan Turkic servicemen served. The personnel of the Astrakhan murzas, tabun heads, and centurions who took part in the Crimean Campaigns of 1687 and 1