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This paper aims at reconstructing the genealogy of Siberian Tatars of Knyazevs (Western Siberia), identifying the origins of their surname, which is not characteristic of the Tatars, and at analysis of the influence of socio-political and socio-economical processes in Russia in the 18th through 20th centuries on the social transformation of the family. The sources were represented by the materials of the Inventory Revision Book of Tarsky District of 1701 and census surveys of the end of 18th through 19th centuries, which allowed tracing the Knyazev family through the genealogical succession and identifying social status of its members. In this work, recordkeeping ma-terials of the 18th–20th centuries and contemporary genealogical and historical traditions of the Tatars have been utilized. In the research, the method of genealogical reconstructions by archival materials and their correlation with genealogies of modern population has been used. The history of the Knyazev family is inextricably linked to the history of modern village of Bernyazhka — one of the earliest settlements of the Ayalintsy (a group of the Si-berian Tatars) in the territory of the Tarsky Irtysh land which became the home to the Knyazevs for more than three centuries. The 1701Inventory Revision Book cites Itkuchuk Buchkakov as a local power broker of the Aya-lynsky Tatars in the village. During the 18th century, this position was inherited by his descendants who eventually lost this status in the beginning of the 19th century in the course of the managerial reforms by the Russian gov-ernment. Nevertheless, the social status of the members of the gens remained high. In the mid. 19th century, the village moved — the villagers resettled from the right bank of the River Irtysh onto the left one. As the result, the village was situated nearby the main road connecting the cities of Omsk and Tara. At the same time, the village became the center of the Ayalynskay region. That led to the strengthening of the social status and property en-richment of the descendants of Itkuchuk Buchkakov. The Knyzevs’ surname first appeared in the materials of the First All-Russia Census Survey of 1897. Some of the descendants signed up under this surname later in the Soviet period. During the Soviet years, members of the Knyzev’s gens had different destinies: some worked in the local government, whereas the others were subjected to political repressions and executed. Knyazevs took part in the Great Patriotic War and seven of them perished. Presently there are no descendants of the Knyazevs in Bernyazhka as they spread over the villages of the Omskaya Region, some living in Omsk and other towns of Russia and abroad.

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The article analyzes land dispute resolution practices that were used during the colonization of Siberia by the Russian state at the turn of the 17th–18th centuries in the Tara area of the Irtysh region. Studying the processes of exploration and absorption of Siberian territories requires careful attention to the specificity of the local history and population. Tatars, Siberian Bukharians, and Russians inhabited this region. Their relations were formed under conditions of competition for the same resources, mainly land. The article analyzes disputes occurring within the population of the Tara district: among service Russians; between Tatars (service and tribute-paying) and Russians; and among Tatars themselves. The most common cause of conflict was a desire to possess better lands, often belonging to indigenous inhabitants, which were necessary for organizing arable farming, animal husbandry, and other forms of economic and agricultural activity. During such disputes the local administration played the mediating role, it became an arbiter and took into account the presence of lawful claims of land ownership consulting earlier records and examining testimonies of witnessing old inhabitants. Recourse to the state for help, especially by the indigenous population, proves an increasing authority and legitimacy of the Russian power in the context of increasing colonization processes in Siberia. Examining numerous practices of land dispute resolution between inhabitants of the Tara area of the Irtysh region demonstrates an absence of severe antagonisms. The principal source for the present study is the 1701 Inventory Revision Book of the Tara area.

The article analyzes the process of the Bukharian’s landed estate formation in the Irtysh region near Tara based on the archives of 18th-19th centuries. As one of the results, the elite Bukharian families were identified that succeeded in establishing the allodial right. The grounds for its later development have been also found in the archives. In 19th when local authorities were actively settling boundaries and adjusting territories to the corresponding number of people in census lists, the original copies of the documents were replaced. This lead to the gradual expropriation of some territories. However, some Bukharian families were able to keep the landed estate and descend it in the family until the beginning of the 20th century.