Abstract
Introduction. The paper presents the results of the analysis in the spatial distribution of handicrafts of the Russian Empire and the role of the state and local governments in supporting the development of handicrafts at the end of the XIXth century in the Russian Empire on the basis of the universal primary source “The detailed index on the departments of the All-Russian industrial and art exhibition in 1896 in Nizhny Novgorod”.Aims. The paper is aimed to determine the possibility to use the universal primary source of “The detailed index on the departments of the All-Russian industrial and art exhibition in 1896 in Nizhny Novgorod” to identify the main areas of the development and effectiveness of state and zemstvo support for the development of handicrafts in the Russian Empire at the end of the XIXth century.Methods used are as follows: digital spatial modeling and a comparative method.Results. The possibility to use the universal primary source of “The detailed index on the departments of the All-Russian industrial and art exhibition in 1896 in Nizhny Novgorod” to determine the main areas for the development and effectiveness of state and zemstvo support for the development of handicrafts in the Russian Empire at the end of the XIXth century was confirmed.Conclusion. Materials of “The detailed index on the departments of the All-Russian industrial and art exhibition in 1896 in Nizhny Novgorod” are an important source to study the role of the state and local government in the development of handicrafts in the Russian Empire at the end of the XIXth century. Their main advantage lies in their universal nature and uniformity. However, the Catalog as a guide for the exhibition needs to be used cautiously, only after a comprehensive socio-economic and cartographic analysis of the additional historical material on this topic.
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