Finishing Touches to the Portrait of Kuban Intelligentsia at the Turn of the XIX-XX centuries

The article analyses the main definitions (concepts) of the notion "intelligentsia". The author justifies the use of term "intelligentsia" (as the tool of the research) in the notion of "knowledge workers". It also reveals the principles of counting the number of intelligentsia in Kubanregion at the turn of the XIX-XX centuries. Basing on the materials of the first Russian population census in 1897, author determines the number and occupational pattern of Kuban intelligentsia, its relative density in society. Kuban intelligentsia counted about 7000 people, that is 0,08 per cent of all regional population. The article also discusses the Kuban intelligentsia peculiarities, presents its activity conditions in Cossack region. The article analyses Kuban intelligentsia limits capabilities to influence the social life and the intellectual development of society.