Authorities and state officials as portrayed in the 19 century memoirs of Siberian merchants

Matkhanova, N. P.

doi:10.17223/2312461x/12/5

Siberian Historical Research

2016

DOI: 10.17223/2312461x/12/5

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Authorities and state officials as portrayed in the 19 century memoirs of Siberian merchants

N. P. Matkhanova¹

Abstract: Аннотация. Рассматривается вопрос о содержании образа власти и чинов-ничества в представлениях сибирского купечества, о восприятии и оценке дея-телей сибирской администрации, о факторах, влиявших на отношение предпри-нимателей к власти. Существует ряд исследований на близкие темы: взаимоот-ношения купечества и чиновничества, отношение купцов к власти и ее агентам, история купеческой мемуаристики, купеческого менталитета. Однако вопрос об отражении в сибирской купеческой мемуаристике отношения купцов к чинов-ни… Show more

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‘Russian merchant’ legacies in post-Soviet trade with China: Moral economy, economic success and business innovation in Yiwu

Skvirskaja¹

2018

History and Anthropology

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This article focuses on Russian traders operating in China, particularly in Yiwu, the major commercial hub for the 'small commodity' trade, and explores the idea of the 'Russian merchant' prevalent in Russia today. Rather than examining the new commercial culture from the perspective of global neoliberalism, it deals with Russia's pre-Soviet merchant estate (soslovie) and its present-day political-ideological evocations. While there is no direct cultural-professional continuity between pre-Soviet and post-Soviet merchants, some similarities have come to the fore and have been encouraged by the state and the Church. This is due to the promotion of a particular moral economy wherein the 'Russian merchant' figures as a positive category. Using a case study of a Russian trader in Yiwu, the article illustrates the new ways in which mistrust as well as 'traditional' merchant attributes such as patriotism and patriarchal authority, have been harnessed to create a successful Russian transnational business.

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‘Russian merchant’ legacies in post-Soviet trade with China: Moral economy, economic success and business innovation in Yiwu

Skvirskaja¹

2018

History and Anthropology

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Siberian Merchants in Mikhail M. Speransky’s Travel Diary and Letters (1819–1821)

Komleva

2023

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Mikhail M. Speransky was one of the most outstanding statesman of the Russian Empire. He was the Siberian Governor-General in 1819–1821. His Siberian travel diary and correspondence cast light upon the interaction between state power and private capital during the economic and socio-cultural integration of the Eastern territories. The research objective was to reveal M. M. Speransky’s opinion about Siberian merchants, who were the most influential regional community. The analysis included M. M. Speransky’s brief diary entries and long letters to his daughter and friends, and as well as his business correspondence. M. M. Speransky believed that Siberian merchants were to play an important role in the development of regional economy and society. Numerous contacts with representatives of merchants from different Siberian cities allowed him to make observations about the moods spread in the merchant environment, the volume and features of commercial operations, their social role, etc. He also established good relations with the most prominent merchants. M. M. Speransky wrote about everyday life, culture, and economic relations of Siberian communities. He advocated the freedom of trade and despised the selfish attitude of the local administrations to the merchant class. He gathered information from different sources, including personal conversations with merchants, and developed an opinion on such important state issues as the activities of the Russian-American Company and the Russian-Chinese trade via Kyakhta. M. M. Speransky’s had a pragmatic interest in merchants and encouraged them to make charity donations for various needs.

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Autobiographical and Epistolary Heritage of the Merchants of the Regions of Russia: The Latest Research Areas and Perspectives of Study

Smirnova

2022

Vestn. Ross. univ. družby nar., Ser. Vseobŝ. istor.

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The article is devoted to an overview of the latest trends in the study of the written heritage of the merchants of Russia. The author examines the principles and approaches to the study and publication of merchant autobiographical and epistolary texts set forth in the works of the last two decades. Special emphasis in the article is made on the study and publication of the written heritage of merchants from different regions in the context of the complex ethno-cultural structure of Russian society in the modern era. The main trends in the study of memoirs and epistolary complexes of the Russian merchants of the 17th - early 20th century are highlighted, and their main publications are characterized. The observations and remarks make it possible not only to characterize the current state of the study of the written heritage, cultural level, mentality and self-consciousness of the merchant class, but also to outline the prospects for such research area. The author comes to the conclusion that it is necessary to conduct complex interdisciplinary research, including historians, literary scholars, linguists, and carried out through the use of modern technical methods of working with handwritten texts.

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Authorities and state officials as portrayed in the 19 century memoirs of Siberian merchants

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‘Russian merchant’ legacies in post-Soviet trade with China: Moral economy, economic success and business innovation in Yiwu

‘Russian merchant’ legacies in post-Soviet trade with China: Moral economy, economic success and business innovation in Yiwu

Siberian Merchants in Mikhail M. Speransky’s Travel Diary and Letters (1819–1821)

Autobiographical and Epistolary Heritage of the Merchants of the Regions of Russia: The Latest Research Areas and Perspectives of Study

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