TEPTYARI

TEPTYARI, a social group in Bashkortostan in the 17–19th centuries. T. were formed from the Pripushchenniks, among whom were originally the Bashkirs, who were deprived of the patrimonial right to the land (ref. Patrimonial Law of the Bashkirs), and later – Mari, Mordovians, Tatars, Udmurts and Chuvash, who arrived from the Middle Volga during the Settlement Movement. At the end of the 18th century, Teptyarsky Regiments were formed for military service on the Orenburg military line. The Teptyarsky Regiments participated in the Patriotic War of 1812, the Foreign campaigns of the Russian Army of 1813–14, etc. From 1833, T. carried a recruiting duty, and in 1855 they were joined to the Bashkir Army. The T. estate was liquidated in 1865 along with the abolition of the Bashkir Army. T. were transferred to the civil department. According to the census data, in 1897 there were 16,877 T. in the Orenburg Province and 39,955 – in the Ufa Guberniya. In 1926, there were 23,290 T. in the BASSR. In subsequent censuses, T. were counted as part of the Bashkirs or Tatars.