Merchants, noblemen, magnates. Women-entrepreneurs in Russia of the XIX century

Those who believe that in Russia of the 19th century women were engaged in purely household and raising children, and in the business world men were very ruined by men, this book will convince the opposite. Based on his many years of research, historian Galina Ulyanova shows that both merchant daughters and representatives of all economically active classes were well versed in matters of finance and conclusions of transactions. The social status of entrepreneurs ranged from the philistines and soldiers who managed small handicraft enterprises and retail stores, to the magnates and eminent merchants, as the owner of the steel-rolling plants of the noblewoman Nadezhda Stanbok-Fermore and the hostess of the largest textile factories in Russia, Maria Morozova. What was the attitude of these women to wealth? What business development strategies did they choose? Did the entrepreneurs manage to combine firmness in business with softness and family care? The author answers these questions, bringing dozens of fantastic stories of female success that turn our ideas about the place of women in a pre -revolutionary society. Galina Ulyanova is a doctor of historical sciences, chief researcher at the Institute of Russian History of the Russian Academy of Sciences, author of seven books on the history of merchants and charity.
2nd edition