Loan Operation in the Issues of Revisions of “Reliability of Capitals and Cashiers” of Mining Associations of State-Owned Mining Plants (second half of the 19th – early 20th centuries)

Abstract

This article discusses some fragmentary known aspects of the history of mining partnerships – the first domestic institution created in addition to state pension guarantees for retired "free rural residents" of state-owned mining plants in the Caucasus, the Urals, Karelia and Eastern Siberia.
 When writing the article, materials from two Russian archives and, mainly, pre-revolutionary author's publications in the Mining Journal, the official publication of the Mining Scientific Committee, were used.
 The problematic characteristics of loan transactions are analyzed by the content of the identified facts of "neglect" and "damages" investigated during inspections of the activities of the Kusinsky, Zlatoust and Satka partnerships in 1881, 1877–1884 and 1911–1913, respectively. The indicators of financial and material "sustainability" of the system of partnerships as new formations of the post-reform era are given.
 For citation: Orlov P.A. Loan Operation in the Issues of Revisions of “Reliability of Capitals and Cashiers” of Mining Associations of State-Owned Mining Plants (second half of the 19th – early 20th centuries). From History and Culture of Peoples of the Middle Volga Region. 2023, vol.13, no.3, pp.46–59. https://doi.org/10.22378/2410-0765.2023-13-3.46-59 (In Russian)