Murghab Sovereign’s Estate: features of economic development and the process of colonisation in the late 1880s

Authors

  • Dmitry V. Vasilyev Moscow City University, 4 Vtoroj Selskohoziajstvenny proezd, Moscow 129226, Russia

Keywords:

Murghab Sovereign’s Estate, Transcaspian Region, Turkmen, Central Asia, Russian Empire, irrigation, colonisation, historical demography
Supporting Agencies
The research was supported by the Russian Science Foundation grant No. 24-28-00915, implemen­ ted at the Russian Academy of Entrepreneurship (https://rscf.ru/project/24-28-00915/).

Abstract

The article considers the organisational period in the history of the Murghab Sovereign’s Estate, founded in the Transcaspian Region of the Russian Empire in 1887. It is noted that the true goals of the creation of the estate and the rules of its functioning have not yet been sufficiently investigated. The Murghab Sovereign’s Estate became one of the largest socioeconomic projects of the empire. Its activities were based solely on capitalist approaches to farming, involving the use of the latest achievements of agricultural technology and the development of the processing industry. For the first time, the sources involved allow to shed light on the principles that should have formed the basis for the functioning of a model agricultural complex. The directions and goals of the development of the Murghab Sovereign’s Estate are revealed. It is concluded that from the very beginning of its existence, the estate represented a unique not only economic, but also socio-political phenomenon.

Author Biography

  • Dmitry V. Vasilyev, Moscow City University, 4 Vtoroj Selskohoziajstvenny proezd, Moscow 129226, Russia

    doctor of science (history), docent; professor at the department of history of the Institute of Humanities

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Published

2024-11-11

Issue

No. 4 (2024): Journal of the Belarusian State University. History

Section

World History

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Vasilyev, D.V. 2024. Murghab Sovereign’s Estate: features of economic development and the process of colonisation in the late 1880s. Journal of the Belarusian State University. History. 4 (Nov. 2024), 78–88.