Відображення діяльності біржових установ Наддніпрянської України другої половини ХІХ – початку ХХ ст. у публіцистичних та мемуарних творах

Abstract

The article considers one of the little-studied aspects of socio-economic development of Ukrainian lands as part of the Russian Empire in the second half of the XIX – early XX centuries – coverage of the activities of the leading stock exchange institutions of the region in works of personal origin, in particular, journalistic works and memoirs of leading economists of the time. The urgency of studying various aspects of this topic is due to the need for a detailed study of the historical experience of the introduction of market relations in the Ukrainian economic realities. This task, in turn, allows us to develop a strategy for modern reform of the Ukrainian economic system, aimed at building a capitalist system. At the same time, among the least researched issues in modern domestic historiography is the activity of exchange institutions in Ukraine in the period under study. As a result of the study, the author came to the conclusion that journalistic and memoir works of contemporaries, as a separate component of the layer of sources of personal origin is an important layer of documentary materials. Written on the basis of personal impressions of the authors, they allow to consider the deep specifics of the leading exchange institutions of Ukraine, to show their "behind the scenes", to identify their shortcomings, which were criticized and exposed. These documents significantly complement the sources of other groups, which provide official information related to one or another aspect of stock trading. The article notes that further study of sources of personal origin will be carried out in subsequent scientific publications.