Collection of documents. Petrozavodsk. State Publishing House of Karelia-Finnish SSR. 1941. 380 p. Hardcover, enlarged format. The publication was published before the outbreak of the Great Patriotic War, the main number of circulation died. The book published 224 documents, with annexes and a geographical index. Introduction. The published collection of materials is intended to comprehensively illuminate the life of the Karelian village of the XVII century. However, it should be immediately noted that the territory that is now part of the Karelian-Finnish SSR in the XVII century did not bear the name of Karelia. At that time, there were three administrative districts: in the west - Karelsky district, in the east and north - Zaonezhsky and Lopsky pogosty. They were part of the Novgorod region. In 1611. Karelian County was transferred to Sweden, and the Zaonezh and Lop pogos were separated into a separate administrative district from the middle of the 17th century. The border of the Karelian ASSR almost coincides with the border of the Zaonezh and Lop Pogos of the 17th century, differing only in the south: the Zaonezh Pogos included the entire river Svir and a rather significant area south of Lake Onega, which is now part of the Karelo-Finnish SSR is not included. The rest of the boundaries of the Pogos are almost identical with the borders of Karelia. Then this region did not bear the name of Karelia. And the Karelians who were part of its population were not called Karelians in any sources. At that time, this name was applied to the inhabitants of the city of Korela (Kexholm) and its surroundings, i.e. the areas that according to the Stolbovsky world 1617. went to Sweden. Therefore, in relation to the XVII century, the term Karelia to refer to the area of Zaonezh and Lop Pogos can be used only conditionally. The published materials depict a Karelian village at a time when the colonization process in Karelia was coming to an end: there was already a little land left undeveloped, suitable for cultivation. Some land tightness began to be felt. The first signs of it appeared - land disputes, tracking down "extra", not burdened with a draft, village plots from neighbors, etc.