Historical prerequisites of the "Sister of Mercy" concept in Tatar language

This article is a study about the participation of Tatar women in military medicine in the early 20th century: from the state-awarded service of doctor R. Kutluyarova-Suleimanova during the Russo-Japanese War to volunteers and nurses of the World War I (H.Akchurina, G.Izhbirdeyeva, M.Sainova, G.Sainova, Z.Talkovskaya, etc.). The names of many heroines from visual sources have not yet been identified, so new research is needed in this area. The introduction of the concept of "shafkat tutashi" into the Tatar vocabulary during World War I is also considered. The author concludes that the preservation of this concept after 1917 was due to its late appearance and the absence of semantic load in the form of stable associations with the Tatar culture of the imperial period. For citation: Gabdrafikova L.R. Historical prerequisites of the "Sister of Mercy" concept in Tatar language. From History and Culture of Peoples of the Middle Volga Region. 2024, vol.14, no.4, pp.126–138. https://doi.org/10.22378/2410-0765.2024-14-4.126-138 (In Russian)