: The “military estate” of the Russian Empire: officers of non-noble origin in Siberia at the turn of the 18th – 19th centuries

The paper is devoted to studying the phenomenon of the hereditary military dynasties in the officer corps of the Russian army units in Siberia during the 18th century and up to the turn of the 18th – 19th centuries. This phenomenon correlates with the point of view, existing in modern historiography, regarding the allocation of the “military estate” in the social structure of the Russian empire. It is concluded that in Siberia, where there was almost no hereditary nobility, representatives of such officer dynasties could count on increasing their social status and achieving a privileged position. However, it is precisely for this reason that they should not be combined with ordinary military personnel within the general category of “military estate”.