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MILITARY RECRUITMENT OF ROMA IN THE RUSSIAN EMPIRE

Author: Ekaterina Panova
The Russian Imperial Army was founded at the end of the 17th - beginning of the 18th centuries as a result of the military reforms of Peter I as a regular army based on conscription. Conscription was a method of recruiting the armed forces of the...

THE SEDENTARISATION OF ROMA IN THE RUSSIAN EMPIRE

Author: Ekaterina Panova
According to Russian historical archives, some of the first mentions of Roma come from the reign of Anna Ioannovna. At that time, the struggle to fit nomadic people into the existing state structure began. The fact that the Russian Empire, in...

CHRONOLOGY OF WORLD ROMA CONGRESSES

Author: Deniz Lal Seçgin
For many years, Roma lacked a unified international platform to express concerns, defend Roma rights, and shape the collective future for Roma. The World Roma Congress changed that by establishing a formal space where Roma voices could be heard, and...

THE POLITICAL HISTORY OF ROMA: A JOURNEY TOWARDS RECOGNITION

Author: Maura Madeddu
Roma people are estimated to be one of the biggest minority groups in the world, a status that has been characterizing them for centuries now. In Europe, for example, there are around 10-12 million Roma, half of whom are EU citizens as citizens of an...