Formation Peculiarities of the Kuban Region Cossacks New Historical Representations at the End of the XIX Century (on Materials of the State Archive of the Krasnodar Territory)

Abstract

The study focuses on the cognitive category of representations, which, along with images, is part of the system of worldview in the human mind. The representations of the Kuban Cossacks are one of the manifestations of historical memory, cultural and emotional concepts that are reflected in the Kuban people's consciousness. The purpose of the study is a comprehensive analysis of the historical ideas of the Cossacks of the Kuban region. Within the framework of the tradition established by the Spanish philosopher and writer M. de Unamuno, the study considers such manifestations of historical ideas in the structure of the mentality of the Cossacks as evidence of actors of historical events, intrahistoria as a kind of public opinion and the specifics of oral folk tradition. The research methodology is also based on the key principles of the history of the Cossacks and Cossack studies by M.M. Gromyko and D.I. Yavornitsky. The most important axioforms of the heroic past of the Kuban Cossacks, expressed in stories about the past, rumors, opinions, local periodicals and folklore, are identified. It is concluded that at the end of the XIX century there was a stable model and a uniform structure for the formation of historical ideas, due to the temporal aspect of mentality – the specific relationship of moments in time and temporal characteristics, as well as the development of a unique way of agricultural, social and military organization of everyday life.