Self-government in peasant's communities over the Urals: replacement of elective offices

The article analyses the documents about peasant's community office elections in Verkhoturskii uezd, 1638–1647, 1659–1672. The author cites some evidence which makes clearer the practice of electing in accordance with «ochered'» (queue). The preponderance of prosperous peasants among the elected is proved on the basis of various registers. The results of the study are compared with those of researches covering the practice of election in Central Russia, 1690–1723.