Demidov Alexander N.,
Candidate Sc. {Philosophy}, Associate Professor, Department of Philosophy, History and World Culture, Samara State Social and Pedagogical University (Samara, Russia), fromagalef@mail.ru
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.
Keywords: Mordovian dukes and murzas; gaining noble position; right of noble status.
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