Age Composition of Officials of Yenisei Province in the late 19th – early 20th centuries: based on Materials from the Historical Database

This article tested the historical facts about the age composition of officials in the Yenisei province from 1887 to 1917.The main source of the work was the historical database "Biographical information about officials in the Yenisei province from 1887 to 1917", compiled on the basis of service records obtained from the funds of the State Archives of the Krasnoyarsk Territory.The methodology of the work was based on general scientific and special historical methods, as well as mathematical and information scientific methods, which made it possible to establish the dynamics and patterns of the professional and age composition of officials of local government bodies of the Russian Empire using the example of the Yenisei province.As part of the work with officials as a social group, employees of the provincial and district/district administration were divided by age and categories of ranks.The results of the study were the following theses: the civil servants were mainly middle-aged (the number of civil servants aged 35 to 49 in the total number increased from 33.9 % to 51.3 % between 1890 and 1917); the number of civil servants aged 25 to 34 was highest in the 1890s, then decreased significantly (from 47.3 to 14.1 %), which indicates the "aging" of local civil servants; the share of young people under 24 in positions in the local government system was low (low proportion of youth); leadership positions were occupied by middle-aged and older civil servants (46-70 years).A pattern was established that the key factor in career advancement was education received, not length of service.At the same time, the increase in the share of mature age groups may indicate the preservation of the agerelated changes in the late 19th -early 20th centuries at the level of Siberia, a stable position for officials, which was considered prestigious and ensured financial stability.