Open AccessThe military apartment fee in Belarus (second half of the 19th – early 20th century)
Author(s) -
Aliaksandr B. Arlukevich
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
žurnal belorusskogo gosudarstvennogo universiteta. istoriâ
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2617-4006
pISSN - 2520-6338
DOI - 10.33581/2520-6338-2021-3-52-70
Subject(s) - modernization theory , apartment , urbanization , population , government (linguistics) , work (physics) , world war ii , renting , economic growth , business , economy , political science , economics , law , sociology , engineering , demography , mechanical engineering , linguistics , philosophy
The article reveals the influence of the military housing tax on the socio-economic development of municipal centers and the processes of urbanisation in Belarus in the second half of the 19th – early 20th century. On the basis of a wide range of sources, it is proved that during the period under review, the amount of funds collected by the population in cities and towns with the active mediation of local self-government institutions for the rental of army headquarters, infirmaries, warehouses, officers’ apartments, rent and construction of soldiers’ barracks was comparable to the total income of magistrates and thus deprived them of the necessary reserve for saving and developing public utilities and infrastructure. On this basis, the collection of apartment money can be considered one of the key economic factors that determined the specifics of the development of the Belarusian city during the modernisation period. Until now the collection of funds in the framework of post-conscription in the territory of the Belarusian provinces has not become the subject of special research. Most of the facts presented in the work are introduced into scientific circulation for the first time.