SOLDIERS’ UNREST DURING THE MOBILIZATION OF 1914 IN THE TERRITORY OF CHUVASHIA AND MARI EL (based on the materials of the State Archive of the Republic of Tatarstan)

The article examines various aspects in the history of the Russian interior land using the example of peculiarities of the mobilization of 1914 in Kazan governorate within the borders of the republics that are currently part of the republics of Chuvashia and Mari El. On the basis of unpublished archival documents kept in the State Archive of the Republic of Tatarstan, the authors study the problem of interaction and coordination of executing the decisions of the center of regional police, military and city structures with the masses of conscripted soldiers and the local population during implementation of mobilization orders at the beginning of the First World War. The driving forces of the future socio-economic, political and spiritual crisis in Russia, which ultimately predetermined the fall of the monarchy and unprecedented cataclysms in the country, are considered. The event and ethno-psychological aspects of carrying out the conscription campaign in July, 1914 in the territory of Kazan governorate as an important rear area are reconstructed. The article covers the issues related to manifestations of deviating from the norm actions taken by mobilized servicemen in the Tsarevokokshaysk, Tsivilsk and Yadrin uyezds of Kazan governorate. Attention is paid to tough measures to neutralize radical forces in the region in the form of a paramilitary situation of the previous decade and strict enforcement of mandatory regulations in the territory of the governorate. The authors studied the issue which is of paramount importance, namely that of the source and factors of aggressive behavior shown by mobilized soldiers during the conscription campaign in the mentioned uyezds of the governorate at the beginning of the war. The article provides statistics on illegal actions committed by conscripted soldiers.