A NEW SOURCE ON AGRARIAN AND SOCIAL HISTORY OF THE RUSSIAN NORTH AT THE END OF THE 16th - 17th CENTURIES
In the article, the compilation of land acts (‘kopiynaya kniga') from the Veliky Ustyug Central Archive is described. The author considers the types of acts and land transactions of peasants with the parish church, explores the role of elected church headmen, and defines the significance of the source for the study of the agrarian and social history of the Russian North.