Строгановское «Присоединение Сибири» в военно-хозяйственных и коммуникативных практиках

Abstract

The article deals with the contradictions between the real military-economic development of Western Siberia by the Stroganovs and the communicative design of this process. The scientific novelty of the study lies in the fact that for the first time the communicative practices accompanying the initial stage of the development of Siberia (the royal "disgraced letter" by Stroganov, "Siberian Chronicles", materials of diplomatic correspondence, official government acts) are critically comprehended in the context of the search for subjects interested in distorting communications . It is concluded that the Stroganovs, having a special influence in the Muscovite state, actually formed an information monopoly for the tsarist government to cover the state of affairs on the borders of Perm and Siberia, which they repeatedly used to expand their military and economic influence. One of such communicative distortions is the increased attention to Yermak's campaign, which has a military-political significance incomparable with its place in communications. It is hypothesized that the Stroganovs thus focused the attention of the Moscow government and elites on what was at that time a secondary land route for the conquest of Siberia through the Urals, while taking an active part in the spontaneous economic development of the Siberian mineral resources through the northern seas.