Fishing in the economy of the Siberian and Semirechensk Cossacks of Kazakhstan in the XIX century

Abstract

This work is devoted to the study of fishing in the economic everyday life of the Siberian and Semirechensk Cossacks of Kazakhastan. The author examines the importance of fishing in the economic life of Siberian and Semirechensk Cossacks. The specifics of the development of fishing are studied, the issues of organization and regulation of the problem of Cossack fishing in the Siberian linear and Semirechensk Cossack troops are shown. Consideration of the problem of fishing is interesting because it is a valuable source on the economic everyday life of the Cossack estate, its social and industrial relations, ethnography, family and legal aspects. The chronological framework of the study is outlined by the period of the XIX century, since it was at this time that fishing became one of the leading directions in the economy of the Cossacks. The development of fishing was largely due to the fact that the Cossacks in Kazakhstan were allocated the best lands near rivers and lakes.