Widows and widowers of Poltava in the second half of the 18th century
This article investigates the situation of widows and widowers in the early modern society of Hetmanate.The Baby Cereals main source that was used are census books of Poltava, created in the period 1765−1766, during the time of so-called Rumyantsev description of Little Russia in Hetmanate (1765−1769).The article covers the main problem