A Family of Landowner Peasants in the St. Petersburg Province of the mid 19<sup>th</sup> Century (according to Confessional Murals of Tsarskoye Selo Uyezd)

The rural family of the St. Petersburg province of the mid-19th century is discussed in the article. The structural features, number of people, number of children, the position of widows and widowers in the households of the landowners’ peasants of Tsarskoye Selo Uyezd according to the confession li...

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Main Author: M. A. Markova
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Language:Russian
Published: Tsentr nauchnykh i obrazovatelnykh proektov 2020-01-01
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Online Access:https://www.nauka-dialog.ru/jour/article/view/147
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description The rural family of the St. Petersburg province of the mid-19th century is discussed in the article. The structural features, number of people, number of children, the position of widows and widowers in the households of the landowners’ peasants of Tsarskoye Selo Uyezd according to the confession list of 1855 are examined. The scientific novelty of the work is that in the course of the study archival sources, first introduced into scientific circulation, were brought in. It is shown that the average size of the peasant household was 6.5 people, household with 1-2 children aged 0 to 14 years accounted for 61 % of the total number, the share of simple families was 41 %, complex families - 44 %. The results of a comparative analysis of the difference in the age of the spouses, carried out according to the materials of the 1st half of the 18th - the middle of the 19th centuries, are presented, the changes in the mating behavior of the peasants that have occurred over this period are revealed. The author conclude that it is necessary to study the peasant family of the St. Petersburg province based on materials from the second half of the 19th century, which will allow us to analyze the changes in the demographics of the rural population that have occurred under the influence of reforms, and will also expand the possibilities of studying the situation in this region several decades before them.
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A Family of Landowner Peasants in the St. Petersburg Province of the mid 19<sup>th</sup> Century (according to Confessional Murals of Tsarskoye Selo Uyezd)
Научный диалог
historical demography
peasant family
confessional murals
the population of st. petersburg province
title A Family of Landowner Peasants in the St. Petersburg Province of the mid 19<sup>th</sup> Century (according to Confessional Murals of Tsarskoye Selo Uyezd)
title_full A Family of Landowner Peasants in the St. Petersburg Province of the mid 19<sup>th</sup> Century (according to Confessional Murals of Tsarskoye Selo Uyezd)
title_fullStr A Family of Landowner Peasants in the St. Petersburg Province of the mid 19<sup>th</sup> Century (according to Confessional Murals of Tsarskoye Selo Uyezd)
title_full_unstemmed A Family of Landowner Peasants in the St. Petersburg Province of the mid 19<sup>th</sup> Century (according to Confessional Murals of Tsarskoye Selo Uyezd)
title_short A Family of Landowner Peasants in the St. Petersburg Province of the mid 19<sup>th</sup> Century (according to Confessional Murals of Tsarskoye Selo Uyezd)
title_sort family of landowner peasants in the st petersburg province of the mid 19 sup th sup century according to confessional murals of tsarskoye selo uyezd
topic historical demography
peasant family
confessional murals
the population of st. petersburg province
url https://www.nauka-dialog.ru/jour/article/view/147
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