The legal slavery in Siberia and in Orenburg region in the 18th and the first half of the 19th centuries
The author reconstructs one of the most poorly investigated social institutions in Russia's past. The author analyzes its most important aspects: the Tsarist Government's activities concerning slavery, the main forms of enslavement, sphere where slave labour was used and the national structure of slaves. The author shows specific character of legal slavery and points out that it was not hereditary.