title: The Role of the Tsaritsyn Line in the History of the Kalmyks
abstract: The article deals with the history of relations between the Russian population and nomadic peoples in the Middle and Lower Volga regions in the 1720-1770s. Particular attention is paid to relations with the Kalmyk people and the participation of the Russian government in their internal political life. It is studied the experience of using in these relations of the Tsaritsyn guard line, built in 1718-1720 by decree of Peter I between the Volga and Don rivers in order to stop the raids of the Crim
journal: Russkaya Starina