STRUCTURE AND TYPOLOGY OF А PROVINCIAL URBAN FAMILY AT THE END OF THE 18th - THE FIRST HALF OF THE 19th CENTURY (on materials of Tambov)

The problems of structure and typology of families of Tambov residents at the end of the 18th - the first half of the 19th century are investigated. All the types of family organization of inhabitants of the provincial center (the standard classification in modern historical and demographic researches is taken as a basis), number of generations in family, family relations, degree of branching of family structure (existence of sidelines of relationship), marital status and the age of family members of Tambov residents are analyzed. To study the families of Tambov residents mass-personified sources were taken. This information was used to make electronic databases. The families of citizens were studied along with the general analysis of urban family in relation with specific social groups. This analysis responds to the demands of microhistorical research. The great differences in the modernization of family structure and the matrimonial relations of different social groups were observed. They were caused by economic, social and professional and world outlook of their representatives. To the middle of the 19th century a small family becomes the prevailing form of the family organization of Tambov population. However, the process of transition was difficult. The expanded and big compound families remained in which more than 40 % of Tambov population lived to the middle of the 19th century.

city, family, typology, urban population, Tambov