Native of the village of Tatarskaya Bezdna: sailor of the 1st article and junior mullah of the Guards Corps in St. Petersburg Badamsha Kuramshin (1767–1831)

One of the topical issues of modern historical science in the Russian Federation is the history of the military clergy of the period of the Russian Empire. The purpose of the study is to examine the biography of one of the military imams of the Guards Corps in St. Petersburg Badamsha Kuramshin (1767–1831). Actualization of interest in the history of the Tatar Muslim military clergy during the Russian Empire as a whole, with the search and publication of biographies of these religious figures, is also one of the objectives of this study. The leading method in studying this problem has become an integrated approach based on the study of different types of sources. Research materials: the work involves special historical research (monographs and scientific articles), published and unpublished historical sources of the first quarter of the 19th century. Results and scientific novelty of the work: the facts of the biography of the second mullah of the Guards Corps in St. Petersburg Badamsha Kuramshin, who served in a military clerical position until 1831, are established; the details of his family life and military service before his transition to the priesthood have been clarified. Attention is focused on the issues of pension provision for widows of Muslim military clergy in the Russian Empire. For citation: Abdullin Kh.M. Native of the village of Tatarskaya Bezdna: sailor of the 1st article and junior mullah of the Guards Corps in St. Petersburg Badamsha Kuramshin (1767–1831). From History and Culture of Peoples of the Middle Volga Region. 2025, vol.15, no.3, pp.87–93. https://doi.org/10.22378/2410-0765.2025-15-3.87-93 (In Russian)