Population size in the space of parishes of the Kolyvano-Voskresensky mountain district in the second half of the 18th century: GIS capabilities for analyzing data sets

Abstract

As a key task, the authors consider the issue of creating historical GIS that allow analyzing the distribution of data on the population by church parishes. As well as a model for constructing the boundaries of parishes is proposed. Based on statistical data concentrated in GIS, a series of maps has been developed that reflect the population size within the boundaries of parishes for several time periods. The types of parishes existing in the Barnaul spiritual government (urban, at factories, rural, at military fortifications, at mines) are highlighted, the dynamics of the population size is analyzed both within the framework of individual parishes and within the boundaries of the selected types.