A.N. Dolgikh EMPRESS CATHERINE II OF RUSSIA, «ENLIGHTENED ABSOLUTISM» AND THE PEASANT QUESTION IN RUSSIA IN THE SECOND HALF OF THE 18th CENTURY

The article, using the  example of the intertangled fates of outstanding peers  Alexander II,M.N. Katkov and I.S. Turgenev, examines the complex picture of spiritual struggle of Russia for its future. On the one hand, it is a forming ideology of…

A.N. Dolgih ABOUT M.N. POKROVSKY’S VIEWS ON THE “THE PEASANT ISSUE” IN POLITICS AND THE LEGISLATION OF THE RUSSIAN AUTOCRACY IN THE PRE-REFORM TIME

The article considers the first Soviet Marxist historian Mikhail Nikolayevich Pokrovsky’s views on the history of “the peasant issue” in internal policy and legislation of the Russian Empire in 18th – first half of 19th century, the pre-reform period. It…

R.M. Zhitin THE PECULARITIES OF ORGANIZATION AND NATURE OF LARGE LANDOWNERS’ INDUSTRIAL ACTIVITIES (EXEMPLIFIED BY NOVO-POKROVSKY ORLOV-DAVYDOVYH SUGAR FACTORY)

The article discusses the nature Novo-Pokrovsky sugar factory development in the Tambov province. The economic characteristics of the enterprise andthe problem of corporization of local production are analyzed, the significance of the factory for the socio-economic modernization of the Orlov-Davydov…

I.A. Shevchenko THE IMAGE OF A DEPUTY – A FIGHTER FOR PEOPLE’S SOBRIETY IN PRESS AND PUBLICISTIC WRITING OF RUSSIA IN THE EARLY 20th CENTURY

The article is devoted to the Deputy of the state Duma of the Russian Empire of the third convocation M. D. Chelyshov, who was a  prominent fighter for national sobriety in a representative organization of the country, a member of…

N.N. Petrukhintsev STATE SERVICEMEN “PO PRIBORU” FROM SOUTHERN RUSSIAN TOWNS AND THE MILLITARY REFORM OF ALEKSEY MIKHAILOVICH (EXAMPLIFIED BY STATE-SERVICE “TOWNS” OF LIPETSK REGION)

The article traces the influence of the military reform of Alekey Mikhailovich on the position of one category of Russian society social structure – state servicemen “po pribo-ru”. The author tries to find out regional peculiarities of this process. To…

D.A Lyapin, K.Yu. Gaiterova THE SPECIFICITY OF DISTRIBUTION OF BORDER LAND IN THE SOUTH OF RUSSIA IN THE SECOND HALF OF THE XVII CENTURY. (ON THE EXAMPLE OF THE LETTERS AND EARTH REGIONS)

The article considers the peculiarities of settlement in the South Russia region in the 17th century. The authors focus their attention on the distribution of frontier lands between parishes. Theoretical conclusions are made using the examples of Yelets and Zemlyansk…

A.N. Dolgih THE ISSUE OF INTERPRETATION OF THELEGISLATION CONCERNING THE PEASANT QUESTION AT THE TURN OF 18TH–19TH CENTURIES IN MODERN HISTORIOGRAPHY

The article is devoted to analysis of modern historiography of the law concerning the peasant question at the end of 18th – beginning of 19th century. In particular, various aspects of the interpretation of this problem in modern popular scientific…