Features of zoning the counties of the southern Middle Volga in the mid XVII - beginning of the XVIII centuries

The author discusses the peculiarities of zoning of counties of the Southern Middle Volga region in the middle of the 17th - early 18th centuries. The source base for studying the topic is represented by documents from the central archives and published materials. On the example of one of the largest border counties, Simbirsk, the author reveals the specifics of the formation of an internal militarized administrative-territorial system of zoning and management.