Restoring the rights of the nobility of Mordovian dukes and murzas in the last quarter of XVIII - early XIX century

It studies the process of recovery of nobility rights of Mordovian dukes and murzas, the descendants of the servitors of the XVII century who failed to gain noble position during the reign of Emperor Peter the Great and found themselves in a situation of state peasants subjected to taxpaying. It shows the petitions of Mordovian dukes of Sabanova village of Zasursky district of Penza province.