Fishermen as a social category in the palace lands of the Russian state of the 17th century

This article is devoted to the problem of socio-economic development of palace lands in Russia in the 17th century. Particular attention is paid to the royal fisheries. The purpose of the article is to characterize fishermen as an important social category of palace people. The source base is the legislative acts, published and unpublished office documents, and notes of foreign and domestic contemporaries.