The Northern district town in the mirror of the demography

The work of Doctor of History, Vice-rector for scientific research of the Murmansk State Humanitarian University, PV Fedorov and bibliographer of the Murmansk State Regional Universal Scientific Library AA Malashenkova, designated as "historical and genealogical atlas" is an interesting and scientifically significant in many respects [1]. First, it summarizes the results impressive volume is extremely historical and demographic studies of population history of Coke for a sufficiently long period. The study on the content, methodology and analysis is as an "academic", as it innovator-sky. On the one hand, it is made in the best traditions of historical scholarship that is based on a representative of the source and historiographical bases, clearly program, rigorous methods of data analysis.

On the other hand, the direction taken by the authors, only relatively recently occurred as a national research practice, as suggested by the compilers of the Atlas complex technique largely innovative. The object of study is important socio-historical processes at the micro level: an urban community and family-related groups. The work strongly suggests that the phenomenological approach, combined with the "hard analysis" is highly resulted and leads to promising conclusions, far beyond the scope of the so-called "Local history".

Relatively small in terms of an introductory essay provides a description and conclusions of the study with all the necessary completeness, clarity of wording is different, logic, reasoning, clarity of exposition the author's position, including a number of controversial issues of historiography, but also includes analysis of the sources. A number of conclusions on the socio-demographic characteristics of residents Cola can and should be taken into account the socio-historical studies of the population in various cities and regions of the North and Russia, including the comparative typological perspective. The main purpose and result is the reconstruction of the social structure of the model-Cola in its dynamics. The goal is achieved with the use of primarily historical and genealogical method and analysis of demographic data. In turn, methods of collecting demographic data are complex and an organic complex, which deserves special attention and study, including the training of future historians. Thus, the introductory essay is an independent theoretical significance.

Most of this work is systematic empirical evidence in the form of separate articles describing the 149 living in the Cole family and kinship groups, 52 personalities and 43 socio-historical, geographical, historical and ethnographic categories. There is no doubt that during this period the family is the type of predominantly patriarchal, and therefore can be defined as "family-related groups" on "kinship" and economic criteria: as a "team of relatives living together, sharing a common life and common property, leading a joint household ". Should take into account that it was during the nineteenth century - the first third of XX century Russian family unevenly among different social groups underwent a qualitative transformation of the institutional and largely confirms the present study.

The articles, where we use dictionaries in their structure, content and compliance with the formal requirements for documentation submitted correct. In addition, extensive and very valuable factual materials are represented in tables, graphs and diagrams, applications, genealogical charts, photographs.

In general, all materials that are introduced into the science of this work, as well as the conclusions of the authors, no doubt, intended to promote further development of various aspects of history and social development and the Kola Peninsula of Russia: the migration processes, the history of the interaction of social institutions, history, daily life and many others. Historical and genealogical atlas has, besides the scientific, educational and high cognitive capacity. It stimulates interest in history at all levels, from the history of the Fatherland to the history of the individual family, and as such will be in demand not only the scientific community and the education system, but also a wide reading audience.