The history of wealth and conditions in the Russian state

The book of the famous writer and historian E.P. Karnovich (1823-1885) talks about how the state of the Russian nobility and merchants developed and gained in the Russian state, what was a source of wealth, how they increased or trembled, increased due to profitable marriages or fell off And they disappeared from the division of property.
The book covers more than two centuries of Russian history, from the middle of the XVI to the beginning of the XIX century, it tells about all the most famous and rich dynasties of Russia, such as Sheremetevs, Yusupov, Stroganov, Volkonsky, Trubetskoy, Demidovs, Golitsyns, Golitsyns, Golitsyn, Golitsyn. Orlovs, Shuvalovs and many others.
Combining the objectivity and composure of the historian with the beautiful literary language of the writer, Karovich paints us with the true picture of the life of our state through its material side - the history of the wealth and states of the Russian elite