Template:Did you know nominations/Demographic history of Russia

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The result was: promoted by SL93 (talk) 20:27, 17 January 2021 (UTC)

Demographic history of Russia

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... that over-population and an increased tax burden caused one of the most severe collapses of the population of Russia? It was during this period of intense external and internal conflict (the Livonian War and oprichnina) that Russia experienced a demographic disaster of the first magnitude. The specific trigger was a poor harvest in 1567. .... Normally such bad harvests did not result in a famine .... However, the increased press of taxation ..., coming on top of an economic system stressed to the brink by overpopulation, meant that peasants could not afford to keep sufficient grain to tide them over a period of dearth. Turchin, P.; Nefedov, S. (2009), Secular Cycles, Princeton University Press, ISBN 978-0691136967
- ALT1:... that most Russian cities were destroyed as a result of the Mongol invasion? Юг и северо-восток Руси избежали демографической катастрофы – но именно на эти области пришелся страшный удар монгольской орды. Из 74 русских городов 49 были разорены монголами, 14 из них так и не поднялись из пепла, а 15 превратились в села. В Московской земле погибло 2/3 всех селений, в земле вятичей - 9/10. Нефедов, С. А. (2002). "О демографических циклах в истории средневековой Руси". Клио. 3: 193–203.

** ALT2:... that Russian landlords tried to prevent their peasant households from being counted in censuses by combining several households into one? переписчикъ объявлялъ, чтобы онѣ „у переписки крестьянъ и бобылей не таили, людей изъ нѣсколькихъ дворовъ въ одинъ не переводили, чужихъ крестьянъ и бобылей заочно за собой пе писали, а крестьянъ своихъ и бобылей „людьми" или служками и дѣтенышами не называли Седашев, В. (1912). Очерки и материалы по истории землевладения Московской Руси в XVII веке. Москва: В. Рихтера. p. 203.

Reviewed: Thilagavathi

Created by Alaexis (talk). Self-nominated at 20:05, 2 January 2021 (UTC).

Article was created on 2 January and nominated on the same day. It has about 6,500 characters and is within policy (no copyvio, cites sources inline, NPOV). The hooks are short enough, appear in the text and are backed up by inline citations. All three will have to be accepted in good faith because ALT0's source is offline and those of ALT1 and ALT2 are in Russian. In my view ALT1 has the most interesting fact, while I don't find ALT2 is hooky enough to be used. QPQ is confirmed. This is good to go, but I'd still encourage the nominator to add a reference to the "Ethnic composition" since it's currently the one paragraph without one. Modussiccandi (talk) 23:15, 10 January 2021 (UTC)

The Ethnic composition section needs to be referenced. SL93 (talk) 00:36, 14 January 2021 (UTC)

@SL93:, @Modussiccandi: Thanks for reviewing, I've added a source for that section. Alaexis_¿question? 17:37, 16 January 2021 (UTC)

Restoring tick. SL93 (talk) 01:15, 17 January 2021 (UTC)