THE PROSKURIV DISTRICT IN THE POST-REFORM PERIOD (1862–1872): DEMOGRAPHIC AND SOCIO-ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FEATURES

The purpose of the study based on documentary sources is to follow the peculiarities of socio-economic development and demographic state of the Proskuriv district of Podillia province in the post-reform period (1862–1872). In the process, we will try to identify the capitalist relations that should have appeared in the study area after the abolition of serfdom. The research methodology is based on historical, chronological, logical, comparative, and statistical methods. The scientific novelty of the study is to raise the question of the need to study the socio-economic development and demographic status of the lands of Right-Bank Ukraine in the post-reform period based on archival sources and documents and reassessment of certain provisions in history related to the development of capitalism. Conclusions. Thus, the socio-economic situation of the Proskuriv district after the Peasant Reform of 1861 remained almost unchanged. Agricultural production continued to be dominant and was based on the manual labor of peasants. The lion's share of land continued to be owned by landlords. The feudal serfdom system was never eliminated. There was no large-scale commodity production in the region. There was no emergence of capitalist relations.