Dashinamzhilov Odon B.,
Candidate of Historical Sciences, Institute of History of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Science, Novosibirsk, Russia, e-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Lygdenova Victoria V.,
Candidate of Philosophical Sciences, Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Science, Novosibirsk, Russia, e-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Demographic Problems of Autonomous Regions of Russia in 1960–1980s: Problems of Resources
DOI: 10.31518/2618-9100-2019-4-16
In the paper by the example of two autonomous districts statistical resources that are the basis for demographic development of these two groups of administrative units of Russia are researched. Materials of All-Union Census which major part is in Russian State Archive of Economics and partially in the State Archive of the Russian Federation are the main resources. It is noted that for a detailed research of territorial processes of population it is necessary to refer to the fonds of regional state archives. You might rarely find Census materials in the libraries of scientific organizations. The most demanded information was published in a short form in a limited circulation in the collections for official use. Some part of All Union Census was published openly. Central role in the official editions was given to state republics, information on regions, districts and autonomous republics in a concise form. Collection of information about births, deaths, marriages and divorces was held by current population statistics. It is found out that there was no any elaboration of demographic events in autonomous districts according to a full program. Additionally, there is no information about natural movement during a row of years in regional archives. Direct addressing to materials of the regional archives is one of the ways to complete the existing gaps, however statistic management of the regions did not fill traditional tables and kept records of demographic events in a free form. Materials of current population statistics of population and also data of Census could be published in closed editions. So, the paper represents that there is a solid statistical basis of population number, demographic and social composition of population related to autonomous regions. However it is possible to give only indirect assessment of reproduction processes in 1959–1989-s.
Publishing: 30/08/2019
How to cite: Dashinamzhilov O.B., Lygdenova V.V. Demographic Problems of Autonomous Regions of Russia in 1960–1980s: Problems of Resources // Historical Courier, 2019, # 4 (6). Article 16. [Available online:] http://istkurier.ru/data/2019/ISTKURIER-2019-4-16.pdf
Links: Issue 4 2019
Keywords: historical demography; autonomous region; statistical resource; All Union Census; current population statistics; archive