Peculiarities of demographic behavior of the Kazan province nobles in the second half of the 19th century

Abstract

The article is devoted to the models of demographic behavior using the example of the nobles of the Kazan province in the second half of the 19th century. The study was conducted on the basis of the Genealogical Dictionary of the Nobles of the Kazan Province and a number of memoirs. Without claiming to be comprehensive, individual cases or groups of cases related to birth rate, marriage and mortality are studied. These characteristics are compared with those of representatives of other classes of the population of Russia as a whole and changes are shown over five decades of the second half of the 19th century. It is concluded that the demographic behavior of representatives of the upper class in this period was characterized by a new type of relationship that developed as a result of the emancipation of women. In connection with this, there were changes in the marriage age of noblewomen, and the first attempts to regulate the birth rate were made. Promising directions for further research are outlined.

For citation: Mironova E.V. Peculiarities of demographic behavior of the Kazan province nobles in the second half of the 19th century. From History and Culture of Peoples of the Middle Volga Region. 2025, vol.15, no.1, pp.38–45. https://doi.org/10.22378/2410-0765.2025-15-1.38-45 (In Russian)

Financial Support: The research was carried out at the expense of a grant provided in 2024 by the Tatarstan Academy of Sciences to young candidates of science (postdoctoral fellow) for the purpose of defending a doctoral dissertation.