CONTRIBUTION OF SULTAN MENGLI-GIREI IN ADMINISTERING THE NOGAIS OF NORTH-WESTERN CAUCASUS IN THE FIRST THIRD OF THE XIX CENTURY
The article examines the activity of the major-general Sultan Mengli-Girei in the capacity of the police superintendent of the Nogais of Kalauso-Sablinskoe and Beshtovo-Kumskoe governorates in the period of 1803-1831. The paper describes his services in administering and business activity aimed at creating conditions for the growth of the welfare of people entrusted to him and their adaptation to life conditions in the Russian Empire.