Movement of the South Russian Frontier in the 17th – First Half of the 19th Centuries as the Development of the “Wild Fields” by Valery V. Kanishchev, Yuri A. Mizis

“…As a result of the study, specific indicators of the development of the “Wild Fields” were obtained: widespread settlement in riverine and upland areas, population density equal to the old regions in the Center of Russia, plowing of more than half of the territory of the former frontier zone, in some “uezds” [Rus.: a group of districts gravitating towards the city] even more than in the traditionally arable central “uezds”. …”
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