Life expectancy and average age on the territory of the Mordovian territory in the second half of the XVIII century based on the materials of Krasnoslobodsky uyezd Shatsky province Voronezh province

Efimkin Denis Gennadievich

The purpose of the work is to analyze the development of the peasant household in the Mordovian region in the second half of the XVIII century and indicate their relationship with life expectancy on the example of the Krasnoslobodsky district of the Shatsky province of the Voronezh province. Method. The methodological potential includes: a comparative historical method, the use of which makes it possible to show a comparative analysis of the development of various families and localities; a statistical method, the significance of which is obvious for analyzing data related to changes in the peasant family over the period under study. Result. The study showed that at the beginning of the second half of the XVIII century on the territory of the modern Republic of Mordovia, the average life expectancy was 26.24 years, which was close to the indicators that were shown in General on the territory of the Russian Empire. Of course, it is worth noting that when considering the declining population over 18 years of age, the average age will increase to 37.82 years. Conclusions. It was noted that persons under the age of 18 were slightly more than 40%. This trend could not but affect the development of the peasant family and the peasant household, since just over 40% of men could reach labor maturity and thus continue to develop not only their own economy, but also the country as a whole.

Keywords:peasant family, age, average age, life expectancy, taxable population.