From the history of the organization of shipbuilding and the harvesting of ship timber in Kazan during the Peter I and his successors

Abstract

The publication is about the activities of Peter the Great on the organization of shipbuilding in Kazan and logging of the ship timber in the provinces of the Volga region, as well as to the participation of non-Russian people, assigned to the Admiralty in these activities. The letters of Peter and local officials on the issues of shipbuilding and logging works in Kazan from 1713 to 1724 was counted. New information provided on changes in the number of Murza, service class Tatars, Chuvash and Mordva assigned to the Admiralty in 1718–1725. The reasons for these changes were identified. The types of monetary and in-kind taxes paid by Lashmans for the same period, and how Admiralty use that money are indicated.