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HOTIN COUNTY IN THE DESCRIPTION OF THE RUSSIAN AND AUSTRIAN STATISTICS FROM THE LATE 18TH – BEGINNING OF THE 19TH CENTURIES
Authors: Valentin TOMULEŢ
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Based on published and unpublished archival sources, the author analyzes the Austrian statistics of 1788 and the Russian statistics of 1808, prepared during the occupation of the Romanian Principalities by the Russian armies, and ascertains that Hotin county, presented a great interest in geostrategic and geopolitical plans of Austria and Russia at the end of the eighteenth – beginning of the nineteenth century. The named statistics present a particular interest in the study of local history and demographic processes, although they can not claim to be absolutely exact, for several reasons, dictated both by objective and subjective factors. Despite this fact, their interest and importance is obvious.
The presence of detailed statistics on the size, distribution and composition of the population was necessary for Austria and Russia in order to plan and implement economic, social and fiscal policies of development, in the territories annexed or under the sphere of influence of the two empires. Austrian Statistics of 1788 recorded in the Hotin county 179 localities, 66 – in the upper part of the county, and 113 – in the lower part; while the Russian one of 1808 – 173 localities, with a total of 15.111 families, or about 75.000 persons.