THE DYNAMICS OF THE POPULATION IN THE SOUTH OF RUSSIA IN LATE XVI - EARLY XVIII CENTURIES (BY THE EXAMPLE OF YELETS)
The article studies the dynamics of the population in the city of Yelets from 1594 to 1711.A variety of archival documents, which date back to 1594, 1618, 1645, 1688, 1697 and 1711, are referred to.The c article also specifies the correlation between Posad (trade and handicraft) and the serving population of the city.This is because the presence an