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Russian Census Returns
– Tara Bangsberg
Russian census lists began quite early and most are excellent. They began with medieval pistsovye knigi (the household census) or general census beginning in 1646 and continuing to 1719 at which time the reviziia began. The reviziia are followed by imperial and Soviet General Censuses.
Pistsovye Knigi
The pistsovye knigi were economic documents made by pisty (revenue agents) and
pod'iachie (revenue clerks) from the 1400's to the 1600's. Some were similar to later
census. They were assessments of possession for tax purposes. They listed cities,
towns, villages, fortifications, shops, farmers' crops and hayfields, forests, households
and populations. Click to Continue Article
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