Nina Vladimirovna Obnorskaya,
Candidate of History Sciences, P.G. Demidov Yaroslavl State University, Yaroslavl, Russia, e-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
The Evolution of the Entrepreneurial Activity of Yaroslavl Merchants in the Field of Production and Sale of Fabrics in the Late 18th – Early 20th Centuries
DOI: 10.31518/2618-9100-2023-5-13
A rich merchant city, Yaroslavl was very different from its neighbors, such as Kostroma, Ivanovo, etc., although they are all referred to in the literature on the history of economics to the Central Industrial District (the province around Moscow). A distinctive feature of this region was the strong development of the textile industry. However, although there were enterprises of the relevant industry in Yaroslavl, but they were mostly in the hands of nonresident entrepreneurs as soon as at the end of the 18th century. Yaroslavl merchants from the beginning of the 19th century preferred trade rather than production. Fabrics were included in the range of goods traded by Yaroslavl residents, including in large volumes. But the growth in the number of textile enterprises in Russia, whose owners themselves began to sell their products, which emerged in the middle of the 19th century, led to the departure of Yaroslavl merchant capitals from the textile trade, and reorienting to trade and production of other types of goods. Being situated on the Volga, Yaroslavl has adopted a number of features in the development of entrepreneurship, characteristic for the cities of the Middle and Lower Volga, without becoming a typical center of the Moscow region.
Publishing: 28/10/2023
The article has been received by the editor on 26/08/2023
How to cite: Obnorskaya N.V. The Evolution of the Entrepreneurial Activity of Yaroslavl Merchants in the Field of Production and Sale of Fabrics in the Late 18th – Early 20th Centuries // Historical Courier, 2023, No. 5 (31), pp. 191–199. [Available online: http://istkurier.ru/data/2023/ISTKURIER-2023-5-13.pdf]
Links: Issue 5 2023
Keywords: Yaroslavl; merchants; Yaroslavl merchants; fabric production; textile industry; manufactories