Reproduction of the Population of Barnaul and Biysk in 1913-1927

Abstract

This paper is the first to present absolute and relative indicators of the dynamics of citizens of large administrative centers of Barnaul and Biysk. It was concluded that the birth rates in Barnaul were ultra-high except in 1916 and 1922. In Biysk birth rates were even higher. Mortality rates were also very high in 1917 and 1920 they were equal with birth rates and in 1915 in Barnaul and in 1921 and 1922 in both cities birth rates were higher, resulting in a negative natural increase. Abnormal fluctuations in coefficients throughout the period testified to a demographic catastrophe. Marriage rates of 1913-1920 were consistently average, since 1921 the intensity of marriage rate increased sharply, the marriage rate was above 15%. Since 1923, after the end of the war, the trend of demographic indicators has been a decline in mortality, and as a result of high marriage rate, increase in population growth.

The chronological framework covers 1913-1927. The choice of the lower bound is associated with the ability to compare pre-war "stable" coefficients with "unstable" post-war ones. The upper limit of 1927 is determined by a sharp increase in the growth rate in Barnaul.

The purpose of the study is to characterize the change in the mode of reproduction of the population in towns in 1913-1927. The following tasks were put forward: on the basis of these metric books and archival documents to determine changes in population size and mode of reproduction of citizens, to identify differences in the dynamics of the population.