Abstract
This article is devoted to the history of the Orenburg province in the 1760s — 1790s. Characteristics of the administrative structure and management, as well as a socio-economic development of the Orenburg region, are given. An assessment of the activities of governors (A. R. Davydov, D. V. Volkov, A. A. Putyatin, I. A. Reinsdorp) was made. The popular uprising under the leadership of E. I. Pugachev, in particular, his Orenburg stage. It is told about the changes that occurred in the province after the victory over the Pugachev movement and the implementation of the provincial reform of 1775. The article contains questions for the actualization of knowledge in the all-Russian context; section “Saved Time”, dedicated to the brightest preserved sights of this period; reference materials and the section “Working with documents”.
Keywords
Orenburg province, governors, Pugachev popular uprising, reforms
