KOZMODEMYANSK FOREST FAIR IN THE SECOND HALF OF XIX-EARLY XX CENTURY

  

Alexey Ivanov¹, Ananiy Ivanov², Alexander Filonov³*, Alina Filonova⁴

¹Mari State University, Yoshkar-Ola, Russia, anani@marsu.ru

²Mari State University, Yoshkar-Ola, Russia, anani@marsu.ru

³Mari State University, Yoshkar-Ola, Russia, fil88meat@rambler.ru

⁴Mari State University, Yoshkar-Ola, Russia, alina.filonova.92@mail.ru

*Corresponding author

 

Abstract

The article demonstrates various aspects of the formation and functioning of the Kozmodemyansk forest fair in the Kazan province since its foundation. Quite a significant range of archival and published historical sources, first introduced into scientific circulation, is involved. There five subjects of fundamental importance for the study of the problem are singled out: the role of natural and geographical factors in the fair formation, the determination of the fair time holding, the volume and the size of fair trade dynamics, the forms of timber marketing, quantitative and qualitative characteristics of the participants, the role of the fair in the development of Kozmodemyansk city.

Keywords:Kozmodemyansk forest fair, economy, trade, all-Russian transit, the main factors and problems of development