Name
Popov Victor Vasilievich
Scholastic degree
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Academic rank
professor
Honorary rank
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Organization, job position
Kuban State Agrarian University
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Articles count: 1
The study of the Russian-Slavic cultural, political and
economic links is quite actual nowadays. At the turn of
18 – 20 centuries Russia was the only independent
Slavic state that was a reason of special attention of
foreign countries. The most intensive contacts in
Slavic world can be found on a regional level. Both
pre-revolutional and modern scientists actively explore
such aspects as resettlement of Bulgarians to the
Kuban, places of their compact location, main
activities and further destiny of its members. There is a
detailed specification of colonization of Bulagarian
landowners from 18 until the beginning of 20 century
in the article, based on the archive documents. Also
described moments of first appearing of Bulgarians on
the Russian territory and particularly in the Kuban.
The article is focused on the main stages of economic
familiarization and adaptation of settlers to the natural
and social features of new locations. The conditions
and forms of vital activities in labor, lifestyle, sociopolitical
and cultural life that are typical for their social
relations are marked in the article. There is also noted
that main occupation of Bulgarian settlers was
horticulture, where they achieved greatest successes
thanks to mastery of artificial irrigation using a special
mechanism for that (a big wheel with attached
vessels); Hothouse economy, that allowed them to
produce thermophilic crops; organization of teams,
that assumed collective labor, labor relations and
mutual support. To sum up, Bulgarian settlers
harmoniously fitted into socio-cultural area of the
Kuban region