Demographic Structures of Rural Population in the Ural in the 1930s–1960s: Problems of the Historiography and Historical Sources

Abstract

The article aims to identify the main directions of modern research on demographic structures of rural population in the Ural in 1930s–1960s and assess sources of historical research. The study contributes to a deep analysis of the historical evolution and current demographic structures of the Ural population. Historical-genetic and comparative-historical approaches were used as the main research methods. The range of issues included in the problematic field of historical research is revealed. The results of the study of regional demographic structures are analysed. The information resources of scientific research are identified. It is shown that historical studies on the topic of demographic structures are associated with solving the task of assessing exogenous (social) and endogenous (evolutionary) factors of formation and structural-dynamic changes in age and sex, marriage and family, ethnic and social structures of the population. These work were mainly based on the analysis of all-Union cen suses with the occasional involvement of other historical sources. At the present stage of historiography, scientists study primary sources in order to examine the population at the micro level of historical reality. The study of the topic of demographic structures is characterised by fragmentation. Ключевые слова: ИСТОРИЧЕСКАЯ ДЕМОГРАФИЯ