Urban land development in the late XVIII – first half of the XIXth century as a manifestation of modernisation (on the materials of Tambov)

Abstract

Introduction. This article is devoted to the issue of urban land development and is based on the modernisation concept of historical development. The relevance of the study consists of two aspects – the active interest of scholars in urban history and the discovery of lacunas associated with the lack of distinctions between urban land and vygnyas in the studies of many authors. The novelty of the work is due to the filling of this lacuna, as well as the introduction of a new set of sources on the topic. Within the framework of the research we used classical methods for historical science (problem-chronological, comparative and systematic), as well as methods of historical informatics. Materials and methods. The source base of the study is the archival materials presented in the State Archive of the Tambov Region. The main sources are "The case of the plan for the outlying lands of the town of Tambov for September 1827". Tambov for September 1827 – March 1840" and "Materials on compilation of the statistical table of Tambov province for 1846". The result of the research can be considered as a proof of the necessity to distinguish between the concepts of urban land and vygonnaya land. Results. This result provides an increase in the reliability of the interpretation of statistical data in assessing the pace of modernisation in cities in the studies of urban historians. Thus, the study has succeeded in fulfilling the original goal of determining the possibility of assessing the pace of modernisation in reliance on the development of urban outlying land. Conclusion. The legislative acts and boundary instructions given in the framework of this study confirm the special legal status of the driven land. Statistical data indicate a much more extensive pace of modernization on the vyhonnaya land than on the territory of the city. Thus, it can be argued that it is correct to consider the development of urban pasture lands as an indicator of urban modernization at the end of the XVIII – first half of the XIX centuries.