SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT OF POST-REFORM PRIVATE ECONOMIES. OVERVIEW OF HISTORIOGRAPHY
The sketch of the pre-revolutionary, Soviet and contemporary Russian historiography as well as the views of foreign studies on the problem of post-reform social development of privately owned estates are considered. Overview of pre-revolutionary historiography has shown that the issues of social dynamics estates until 1917 were solved in the context of the common themes on the social and economic history of Russia. They were analyzed in the context of the debate on the causes of the impoverishment of private- economic, economic ties with the peasant population of the estates, problem of seasonal work. In Soviet historiography the most fruitful theme of socio -economic development of the estates was seen in the 1960s and 1970s. However, this topic was mostly characterized in terms of negative impact on life of the peasantry. Soviet authors proposed new methods of working with historical sources, the extensive involvement of quantitative indicators in the study involving a vast array of new documents do useful work of this period for the disclosure on the social development of estates. The works of the modern period can better trace the social evolution of noble estates. The emergence of a new era of new techniques, the active use of the theory of modernization, active use of modernization theory, micro-historical researches, and involvement of various sciences data brings research to a new level. The analysis of foreign historiography allows wide use of sociological theories, effective for explanation of social processes in private estate sector, in works of foreign authors. Overview of historiography has shown that now the important issues of landed estates are worked out, however, a complex work on the social development of the estates both in Russian and foreign historiography is not available.