Characteristics of the resettlement policy in the Russian Empire in the 60 – 80s of the 19th century in the context of the discourse of imperial experts

Abstract

This article presents the structure of resettlement management, as well as identifies the main stages of colonization policy from the 60s to the 80s. XIX centuries. The main controversial positions of imperial experts in the process of creating and developing a system of resettlement management bodies are outlined. The dynamics and course of development of the resettlement policy in the period under review are indicated. The main controversial issues related to the process of implementing the resettlement policy are indicated. This period is characterized by global changes in the process of the migration policy towards Siberia in the second half of the 19th centuries, as well as the emergence of a new conceptual geopolitical project, which marked a higher level of interaction in new political and economic aspects. During this period, the resettlement policy, for the first time in its long history, reached a new theoretical level of discussion, which helped to further determine its further development within the framework of domestic policy. Early 1880s became a kind of bifurcation points in the issue of resettlement policy, which led to the intensification of actions on the part of the government in the issue of its implementation.