“It's still paciefied everywhere”: “lower corps” weekdays in Iran after campaign of Peter the Great

The paper is devoted to some daily activities of the Russian expeditionary “Lower corps” in Iranian province Gilan, acquired as a result of 1722-1723 Persian Campaign of Peter the Great. Relational of the corps’ commander generalin-chief V. Ya. Levashov from the Archive of Russian empire’s foreign policy published here for the first time. These documents show, that local people did not reconcile with foreign and gentile authorities. Just after the Persian campaign there were several uprising in Russian territories. Rebellions were caused by the struggle of not recognized Shah against Afghan and Turkish armies. Published documents revealed daily activities of Russian military expedition forces there during the fight against rebels in 1731. Expedition forces consisted of regular army troops and Russian administration volunteers, recruited from local people. V. Ya. Levashov’s messages provide some information about tactical activities of army, casualties, military trophies, and also present some details of the rebels’ behavior. Combat losses of Russian troops were usually minimal, but sometimes Gilan rebels managed to achieve victories. Maintenance costs for “Lower corps” and necessity to conclude a peace treaty with new Iranian shah Nadir on the eve of war against Turkey forced Empress Anna Ioannovna’s government to give away previously occupied territories.