On the issue of circular migrations in the city of Kizlyar in the socio-economic policy context of the Russian Empire on cordon sections of the Caucasian Cordon Line Left Wing in the first half of the 19th century

Importance. A number of issues of circular and pendulum migrations in the city of Kizlyar during the Caucasian War as a part of the multi-vector Caucasian policy are developed.Materials and Methods. The theoretical basis of the research is the concept of frontier, which allows considering the fortresses along the Caucasian Line as zones of economic communication. The system approach allowed considering a set of strategies for the development of fortress towns along the Caucasian Cordon Line as components of Caucasian policy, based on various methods of policy implementation and having feedback.Results and Discussion. The socio-economic policy of the local administration is analyzed in the context of the Caucasian policy in general and the Caucasian War in particular. The economic frontier contributed to the influx of a large number of highlanders-itinerant-workers, which necessitated the regulation of migration processes and the formation of a trustee body over the highlanders. The development of capitalist relations, which were conditioned by the rapid pace of market development and, as a consequence, the increase in demand for the production sector, required an increase in the number of able-bodied population.Conclusion. Despite the limited competence, the trustee over the highlanders fulfilled the function of involving the highlanders in the socio-economic space of the empire, as well as taking into account the migration processes in the city, prevented the actions of non-peaceful highlanders, aimed at ruining the city and undermining the economic activity of Kizlyar as a key link in the provision supply of fortifications in the Eastern Caucasus, internal trade of the gavernorates of the empire, as well as prevented the sale of strategically important in the conditions of war goods to the mountains.