From the Editor
The central theme of the issue is the agricultural development of Russia. The authors analyze the peasant economy during the pre-revolutionary period, grain collection policy in the 1930s, source problems of official statistics in the years of “stagnation”, the dynamics of agricultural production during the post-Soviet period, and the sociocultural appearance of the modern peasantry. A prominent place in the issue is occupied by analytical publications of archival documents representing from different viewpoints various aspects of historical development covered in these documents. The works in the section “Miscellanea” are devoted to relevant problems of Russian history. A number of messages inform readers about the events of scientific life in Siberia.