Social adaptation of German immigrants descendants in Russia in 2nd half XVIII- 1st half XIX cc.
This article is dedicated to the research of the problem of German burgers social adaptation in Russian Empire in 2 half of XVIII - 1 half XIX cc. The social adaptation of Bдhr Riga's burger's clan was taken as an example. The article uncovered the key stages of the social adaptation of the clan, gave an analysis of the reasons of the adaptation success and of key adaptation trends. The clan members' transition from the merchantry to the civil service, the nobility obtaining, clan social status changing was regarded in this article. There were analyzed historical, social, economic, juridical, educational aspects of this process there. The author of the article widely used archive funds of Russia and former USSR republics (RGADA, CGIA Ukraine, RGIA, RGVIA and of the number of regional archives).