Этапы историографического освоения истории предпринимательства в Сибири второй половины XIX – начала XX века

Abstract

The historiography of the history of entrepreneurial activity in the largest region of Russia is poorly studied. We present a historiographic analysis of the study of the entrepreneurship history in Siberia in the second half of the 19th – early 20th centuries, the main approaches, research problems in different periods of the existence of the Russian state. To date, a significant amount of work has been published on the history of the life and activities of entrepreneurs of pre-revolutionary Siberia. Researchers managed to collect a large amount of factual material, study the history of the formation and development of entrepreneurship in the region, cover almost all aspects of the life of business people. Historians have put into scientific circulation extensive factual material, published analytical works on various problems of the history of entrepreneurship in Siberia, such as the origin, number, composition, forms of activity, social and cultural appearance, family relations, the daily lives of entrepreneurs, etc. Genre variety of scientific literature on entrepreneurs of Siberia was a reflection of the wide professional and public interest in trade and other entrepreneurial activities. The theoretical basis is the modernization theory. The main research method is historiographic analysis. Currently, there is a large number of publications, their genre diversity, an increase in the source base, which need historiographic reflection. An analysis of historiography makes it possible to prepare generalizing scientific works on the problems of the entrepreneurship history in pre-revolutionary Siberia.