THE INVENTORY OF THE STEPAN VOLOST OF 1614 AS A HISTORICAL SOURCE

Abstract

The article describes the inventory of the Stepan volost of Prince Janusz Ostrozky in 1614 as a historical source. The main attention is paid to the informative potential of this document in a number of socio-economic aspects of the history of Volyn, first of all – from an angle of research of the urbanization of Volynian Polissya. The study of this large-scale document gives an opportunity to study the structure of urban and rural settlements, Folwark estates, peculiarities of the economic organization in the castles and possessory estates.