Resettlement of Peasant Serfs from the Black Earth Villages of the Naryshkin Nobles to the Shatsky Region in the First Quarter of the 18th Century

The author explores the features of the process of resettlement of peasant serfs and nobles Naryshkins in Shatsky district in 1704-1720. Relocations were carried out from black earth villages located along the left bank of the Tsna River to the Meshchera forests area. Based on archival materials, the process of relocation of peasant families is shown, the gender and age structure of the migrants is analyzed. Statistics indicate that they occurred annually over a long period of time. It is concluded that the black earth part of the Shatsk district at the beginning of the 18th century was well enough developed to become the basis for the economic colonization of the forest zone of this region.