Abstract (English):
The monograph covers a wide range of issues related to the study of the mechanism of state registration of subjects of the Russian Empire. The causes of the transition to the poll tax form residents of the country in the early eighteenth century, traced the evolution of the census office, its complication and improvement. The audits were supplemented by numerous population surveys conducted at the initiative of individual ministries and departments, regional authorities, local governments, were associated with the beginning of registration of natural population movement by the Russian Orthodox Church, etc. The role of demographic information in the formation of the main directions of the internal policy of the state is shown. It is addressed to all readers interested in the demographic history of our country.