Russian Official Correspondence on the Return of Russian Prisoners from the Khiva Khanate in 1839
The article considers the Russian official correspondence on the return of Russian prisoners from the Khiva Khanate in 1839. As sources, the author used archival documents of the State Archives of the Orenburg Region (Orenburg, Russian Federation), namely case No. 4993 "The case of 80 Russian prisoners taken out of Khiva in 1839". This case contains correspondence about the return of Russian prisoners from the Khiva Khanate. The documents are introduced into scientific circulation for the first time. The work is structured using the basic principles of historicism, consistency and objectivity. The chronological method is of great importance in it, which made it possible to present the official Russian correspondence in chronological order. This, in turn, made it possible to draw attention to neighboring events, for example, to similar measures to detain the Khiva caravan in 1837. In conclusion, the author states that the undertaken measure of detention of the Khiva caravans by the Orenburg governor V.A. Perovsky for the second time bore fruit, and this time, it was returned to its homeland in 1837 and in 1839 a total of 105 Russian prisoners. The correspondence on this issue was conducted at all levels, from the commandant of the fortress to informing the Russian emperor, partly the reason for this was the letter of the Khiva khan, but a more weighty reason, in our opinion, was concern for the fate of Russian subjects.