HOMESTEADS IN VOLOGDA IN THE 15th - EARLY 18th CENTURIES
The paper represents the first results of town topography reconstruction of Vologda on the example of Roshchenskaya Street, which was a typical living area with predominantly town population in the Late Middle Ages. The analysis of the cadastres of the 17th-18th centuries was carried out with the use of act materials and archaeological data. The researchers traced the town homesteads transformation and presented preliminary findings on the reasons for population changes in this area during two centuries.