Mikhail Belan
Leave to Supplicate Granted: March 2023
DPhil Research Topic
The impact of military duties in the early 19th century on urban commoners in Russia: recruit and militia levies and billeting in the communes of St. Petersburg province
Publications (last three years):
1. Belan, M., (2022): Recruitment in Provincial Towns. Social Relations and the Evolution of Political Culture during the Napoleonic Wars. In: Moderne Stadtgeschichte (MSG) 2, 2022, pp. 55-67.
2. Belan, M.: (2022) Merchants of The Russian Northwest: Raising Donations for Militias (1806-07, 1812-13) and the Impact of War on the Communes. In: Rivista Europea di Studi Napoleonici e dell'Età delle Restaurazioni A. III. - F. I. - Giugno 2022, pp. 9–23.
3. Belan, M.: (2022): Sbor opolčenij 1806-1812 godov v kontekste social'nych otnošenij (Sankt-Peterburgskaja i Moskovskaja gubernii). In: Quaestio Rossica 10:3, 2022, pp. 884-902.
EN: Raising militias in 1806-1812 in the context of social relationships (St. Petersburg and Moscow provinces). In: Quaestio Rossica 10:3, 2022, pp. 884-902.
4. Belan, M., (2022): K istorii služby nižnich činov: obstojatel'stva uvol'nenija, vozvraščenija, nagraždenija opoltčencev i prizrenija invalidov v 1814–1815 gg. (na materialach Sankt-Peterburgskoj gubernii), In: Istorija Rossii s drevnejšich vremen do XXI veka: problemy, diskussii, novye vzgljady. X meždunarodnaja naučno-praktičeskaja škola-konferencija molodych učenych (25–28 oktjabrja 2022 g.) Sbornik statej po materialam konferencii. Moskva 2022, pp. 74-82.
EN: On the service of the rank and file: circumstances of dismissal, return, awarding of militiamen, and care of the invalids in 1814-1815 (based on the files of St. Petersburg province), in: The history of Russia from ancient times to the XXI century: problems, discussions, new views. A collection of articles of the Xth International Scientific and Practical School-conference of young scientists. Moscow 2022, pp. 74-82.
https://www.elibrary.ru/item.asp?id=49574454&pff=1
5. Belan, M., (2022): 'Za p'janstvo, otlučki, neplateži naznačaem v voennuju službu': prigovory meščanskich obščin v konce XVIII — načale XIX v. In: Pitejnoe delo i trezvenničeskoe dviženie v Rossii s drevnejšich vremen do našich dnej (Sbornik po materialam konferencii, Sankt-Peterburg 2021), 2022, pp. 184-192.
EN: 'For drunkenness, absences, non—payments, we nominate for military service':
verdicts of townspeople communes in the late 18th - early 19th century, in: The drinking culture and the teetotal movement in Russia from an1cient times to the present day (A collection of scientific articles based on the conference materials). Moscow 2022, pp. 184-192.
6. Belan, M., (2021): Fenomen vremennoj voennoj služby: dobrovol'cy gorodov Sankt-Peterburgskoj gubernii na Russko-Švedskoj vojne 1788–1790 gg. In: Istorija Rossii s drevnejšich vremen do XXI veka: problemy, diskussii, novye vzgljady. IX meždunarodnaja naučno-praktičeskaja škola-konferencija molodych učenych, Sbornik statej po materialam konferencii. Moskva 2021, pp. 80-85.
EN: The phenomenon of temporary military service: volunteers from townspeople of St. Petersburg Province in the Russian-Swedish War of 1788-1790. In: The history of Russia from ancient times to the XXI century: problems, discussions, new views. A collection of articles of the IXth International Scientific and Practical School-conference of young scientists. Moscow 2021, pp. 80-85.
https://www.elibrary.ru/item.asp?id=47253784&pff=1
7. Belan, M., (2021): 'Ne nam, ne nam, a imeni tvoemu': požertvovanija uezdnogo kupečestva na opolčenija v načale XIX v. (na primere Sankt-Peterburgskoj gubernii). In: Vestnik Slavjanskich Kul'tur 60, 2021, pp. 82-96.
EN: 'Not unto us, not unto us, but unto Thy name': The donations of provincial merchants to raising militias in the early 19th century (on the materials of St. Petersburg province). In: Vestnik Slavianskikh Kultur 60, 2021, pp. 82-96.
10.37816/2073-9567-2021-60-82-96
8. Belan, M., (2021): Učastie meščanskich obščestv uezdnych gorodov Sankt-Peterburgskoj gubernii v sborach opolčenij 1806 – 1807 i 1812 gg. In: Tul'skij naučnyj vestnik. Serija Istorija. Jazykoznanie 2:6, 2021, pp. 15-28.
EN: The participation of townspeople communes in raising militias in 1806 - 1807 and 1812 (district towns of St. Petersburg province). In: Tul'skij naučnyj vestnik. Serija Istorija. Jazykoznanie 2:6, 2021, pp. 15-28.
9. Belan, M., (2021): Pervyj opyt mobilizacii: sozyv zemskogo vojska v 1806–1807 gg. i ego rol' dlja sbora zemskogo opolčenija 1812 g. In: Tul'skaja istoričeskaja vesna – 2021: social'noe prostranstvo i vremja prošlogo: vyzovy i otvety istorii. Materialy II Vserossijskoj naučnoj konferencii molodych učenych c meždunarodnym učastiem. Tula 2021, pp. 13-20.
EN: The first mobilization experience: raising zemskoe voisko in 1806-1807 and its role for the organisation of the people's militia in 1812. In: Tulskaja istoricheskaja vesna - 2021: socialnoe prostranstvo i vremja proshlogo: vyzovy i otvety istorii. Materialy II Vserossijskoj nauchnoj konferencii molodyh uchjonyh s mezhdunarodnym uchastiem. Tula 2021, pp. 13-20.
https://www.elibrary.ru/item.asp?id=48158528
- Book review on Romaniello, 'Enterprising Empires: Russia and Britain in Eighteenth-Century Eurasia' for H-Net (2021) http://www.h-net.org/reviews/showpdf.php?id=55020
For other articles:
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9899-1089
Conferences/Papers:
(last three years)
1. 'Raising Militias in the Provincial Towns of Northwest Russia in 1806-7 and 1812: Social and Political Aspects and Consequences', at:
the Study Group on Eighteenth-Century Russia 64st meeting', Hoddesdon, 2023
2. 'Stadtgesellschaft, Militär und Staat. Die Rekrutenaushebungen von 1805-1815 in den Städten des Ostseeraums', am:
Kolloquium des Lehrstuhls für Osteuropäische Geschichte, Universität Greifswald, 2022
3. 'Die Auswirkungen der Mobilisierung während der Napoleonischen Kriege auf die Beziehungen zwischen den städtischen Bevölkerungsgruppen des Ostseeraumes und dem Staat', am:
Hauptseminar des Arbeitsbereichs Historische Geographie und Demographie, Rostocker Universität, 2022
4. 'Russian Townspeople and Militia Mobilisations during the Napoleonic Wars: Duty and the Emergence of the Concept of Citizenship', at:
the Graduate Seminar 1680-1850, Oxford, 2022
5. 'Provincial towns, recruitment, and militias in the early XIX c.: the impact of war on urban society (communities of Russian North-West)', at:
BASEES Annual Conference - British Association for Slavonic & East European Studies, Cambridge, 2022
6. 'The Mobilisation of the Russian Town: Urban Commoners in 1806-1814. A Comparison with Central and Western Europe', at:
Kolloquium für Neuere und Osteuropäische Geschichte, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, 2022
7. 'K istorii služby nižnich činov: obstojatel'stva uvol'nenija, vozvraščenija, nagraždenija opoltčencev i prizrenija invalidov v 1814–1815 gg. (na materialach Sankt-Peterburgskoj gubernii), at:
Moscow Institute of Russian History of the Russian Academy of sciences, Xth Interantional Conference of Young Scholars, 2022
8. 'Townspeople of the Russian north-west in the age of the Napoleonic wars', at 'New Outlooks on the Napoleonic Empire – Young Napoleonists’ Conference in the Bicentenary of Napoleon’s Death (1821-2021)', 2021
9. ‘Not unto us, not unto us, but unto thy name’: Russian provincial towns and the People’s Militia in the early nineteenth century', at the Graduate Seminar 1680-1850, Oxford, 2021
10. 'The accusation in dissolute misdeeds in the practive of urban self-government and everyday life of the Russian town, end of the 18 - beginning of the 19 cc., at St. Petersburg Intstitute of History of the Russian Academy of Sciences and National Library, International Conference, 2021
11. 'The phenomenon of temporary military service: volunteers from townspeople in the Russian-Swedish War of 1788-1790', at Moscow Institute of Russian History of the Russian Academy of sciences, IXth Interantional Conference of Young Scholars, 2021
12. 'Social Structures and Financial Obligations in the late Eighteenth-Century Russian town, with reference to St Petersburg Province', at the Study Group on Eighteenth-Century Russia 61st meeting, Hoddesdon, 2020
