Abstract
The subject of trust in public-state interactions and local self-government is examined using the example of agrarian protests on Zolsky pastures grasslands in Nalchik district in June 1913. The new pastureland usage laws, authorized in 1912 and applied in the spring of 1913, sparked mass protests among residents of many Kabardian rural societies. Based on archival sources and mate-rials of periodicals,The major strategies for achieving “trust” in the adoption and approval of pub-lic pastureland use laws are outlined. Ritual and rhetorical forms of official and informal interac-tion between the crown authorities and representatives of the Kabardian society, which allowed to restore trust in the regional authorities, are considered. The grounds for the protracted suspension of the Congress of Entrusted from making decisions on the control of pastureland usage are de-termined, and are related to the fear of repeated expressions of protest feelings. The conclusion is substantiated that the complete overcoming of ideological consequences of the pasture crisis of 1913 became possible only in March 1917, when the congress of entrusted, freed from the super-vision of the crown administration, abolished the rules of 1912, which caused unrest on the Zolsky pastures.
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