ESTABLISHMENT OF GUARDIANSHIP SYSTEM IN KALMYKIA BY PROVISIONS of 1834 AND 1847
The article considers the key moments of nation building of Kalmykia in the second quarter of the 19 <sup>th</sup> century. The study has shown that the Provisions of 1834 and 1847 were designed to exercise guardianship and acceleration of the Kalmyk society's integration in the social structure of Russia: by the middle of the 19 <sup>th</sup> century Kalmykia lost all the remaining elements of the administrative autonomy.