Arbitrators of the Kazan province: Prosopographic reconstruction

Abstract

© Serials Publications.The importance of the research is caused by the significance of the process of the post-reform modernization of the Russian Empire in general and the reform of peasants particularly, including functioning of its individual institutions, which were of importance in transformation of the Russian country life, in modern historiography. The purpose of the article is to disclose the position and the role of the Institution of arbitrators basing on the material of a specific region which is the Kazan province. The main methodology of the research has become the prosopography method used to identify a specific group of persons with common social features, occupying a certain position (in this case - arbitrators), personifying different processes. In the research, the authors obtained results revealing the staff of the arbitrators of the Kazan province, exposing their activities and role they played in the conducting of the peasant reform in the region. The article results presented in the article may be useful for the studies within the social history, carrying out a policy in the problem both on national and regional level.