Organization of land use of settlers of the Belsky and Kazachinsky volosts of the Yenisei district of the Yenisei province during the period of P.A. Stolypin's agrarian reform

The northern regions of the Yenisei province were unsuitable for agriculture. The preparation of resettlement sites began here later than in the southern counties of the province. Initially, the settlers settled in the areas more favorable for agriculture - Achinsk, Krasnoyarsk, Minusinsk, Kansky. By 1908, officials of the Resettlement Administration were forced to look for vacant land in remote northern counties. The Yenisei district was considered the coldest and meagre in terms of harvests in the Yenisei province. A feature of the colonization fund of the Belsky and Kazachansky volosts in the Yenisei district of the Yenisei province was the forest and swampy nature of the area. The land relations of the old-timers became more complicated due to their excessive use of land, and the allocation and cutting of plots for settlers became more complicated. The resettlement administration of the Yenisei province decided to seize the surplus lands of the old-timers on the basis of the law of June 13, 1893 and the formation of resettlement plots on these lands. Some land managers assumed that such an order would lead to conflicts with local residents. In addition, limiting the size of old-timers' lands to 15-20 desyatinas will ruin their farms. The issue of providing lands favorable for agriculture in the right size has become the most important for the settlers. They had to take additional use of uninhabited resettlement areas where there was no water. The land claims of the settlers for the expansion of land shares were satisfied. Most of the settlers preferred a communal form of land use to farms and cuttings. The main problems during the adaptation were difficulties in clearing forest plots, crop failures, and lack of funds for landscaping. In the northern territories, new settlers needed financial support from the state to a greater extent than in the southern territories. The organization of land use in the Belskaya and Kazachinskaya volosts of the Yenisei district of the Yenisei province revealed significant difficulties in the activities of land managers and the settlement of migrants. The authors declare no conflicts of interests.

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