Судан и Большой Ближний Восток

180 II. Россия — Восток The paradox of Russian volunteerism also lay in the fact that the reigning dynasty viewed these impulses from the standpoint of detached interest, rather than sincere involvement. The Russian volunteer movement is a phenomenon of spirituality in its purest form. Fighting shoulder to shoulder with the Boer militias, who, it should be noted, never asked anyone for help from anyone, which earned themevenmore respect in wide circles of Russian society, the volunteers forgot about religious and social differences. In the opposition to the Great Britain, perhaps, Russian volunteers saw some kind of veiled reason for internal problems in their fatherland. The result of the joint fierce struggle with the British regular troops was respectful acceptance and admiration for the courage and perseverance of the Russian fighters on the part of the Boer militia. In conclusion, it is necessary to say a fewwords that the press played an important role in the development and strengthening of the Russian volunteer movement. Unable to move on to concluding an agreement with society, the ruling elites strongly emphasized the importance and righteousness of the participation of their compatriots in the war. The tools used by journalists were very diverse and gave quite tangible results. It seems that if it were not for the geographical distance and the significant cost for the participants of the voyage to the south of the African continent, the number of volunteers would have been orders of magnitude higher. However, it is also worth paying attention to the fact that in Russian society, which was very concerned about the fate of the Boer republics, there was no consensus on the issue of participation of compatriots in the conflict. Turning to events so distant from us in time, it is necessary to emphasize the fact that any wars, no matter how cruel, lengthy and bloody they were, ended in peace. The Anglo-Boer War came to its finale at the end of May 1902 in the city of Vereeniging, where the parties signed a peace treaty. The once free Boer republics and their inhabitants became subjects of the British Crown. At the moment, we feel a certain junction of times, accompanied by an inevitable repetition of the seemingly already learned lessons of