The Influence of the Exile on the Dynamics of Socio-Demographic and Ethnocultural Processes in the Population of the Yenisei Province in the XIX – early XX centuries

The article examines the influence of exiles on the dynamics of socio-demographic and ethnocultural changes in the population of the Yenisei province at the turn of the XIX-XX centuries.The article considers the number, gender, age, social class, ethno-confessional composition, migration of exiles, their role in the reproduction of the population, the formation of the labor market and a new socio-class structure of the industrial-urban type.It is argued that the impact of the link was ambiguous.On the one hand, it increased the rural population, which led to the conservation of the agrarian society.On the other hand, it accelerated social differentiation in the countryside and formed a labor market.At the same time, the quality of the labor force represented by the exiles was extremely low, which led to the preservation of semi-serfdom forms of exploitation, underestimation of the real cost of labor of employees and aggravated the status of Siberia as a colonial suburb.Being polyethnic in its composition, the exile contributed to the formation of Siberian identity, which was the result of the acculturation of different ethnic groups, which made Siberian society receptive to the cultural experience and values of other peoples.