MODERN HISTORIOGRAPHY OF SOCIAL AND CULTURAL ACTIVITIES OF THE REGIONAL CENTERS OF THE STATISTICAL ACCOUNT OF WESTERN SIBERIA AND THE STEPPES IN THE SECOND HALF OF XIX - EARLY XX CENTURY

The article is structured approaches and historians views on the process of social and cultural activities of the regional centers of the statistical account of Western Siberia and the Steppes in the second half of XIX - early XX century. Special attention is paid to the personal factor in the development of statistical services, and the definition of the activities of these institutions. The problems of formation and development of statistical committees as centers of regional studies.