Average age of taxable categories of peasants living on the territory of the Mordovian territory in the second half of the XVIII century according to the materials of Krasnoslobodsky uyezd of the Shatsky province of the Voronezh province (by localities)

Efimkin Denis Gennadievich

The purpose of the work is to conduct a comparative analysis of the average age dynamics of the taxable population of the Mordovian territory in the second half of the XVIII century in various localities and peasant categories on the example of Krasnoslobodsky uyezd of the Shatsky province of the Voronezh province. Method. The methodological potential includes: a comparative historical method, the use of which makes it possible to show a comparative analysis of the development of various families and localities; a statistical method, the significance of which is obvious for analyzing data related to changes in the peasant family over the period under study. Result. The study showed the following results. 1) At the beginning of the second half of the XVIII century on the territory of the modern Republic of Mordovia, the average life expectancy was 26.24 years. 2) In most cases, the population of these places belonged to the category of palace peasants, but there were also landowner peasants, household people, soldiers and odnodvortsy. 3) The highest average age was among 2 categories: artisans-28.23 years and palace peasants-26.92 years. The runaway palace peasants had the smallest average age – 14.15 years. 4) During the comparative analysis of the Moscow and Voronezh provinces, significant differences were revealed, since the life expectancy in the Moscow province was significantly higher. Conclusions. In general, the data obtained showed that the life expectancy on the territory of the Mordovian Territory in the second half of the XVIII century remained at a low level. It can also be assumed that the situation of artisans and palace peasants was much better than that of the rest of the tax-paying population.

Keywords:peasant family, age, average age, life expectancy, taxable population.