Gurzhiy I. Socio-economic status, ethnic composition and activities of merchants in the city of Kyiv XIX century

The dissertation is the first comprehensive study of the national historiography of the social structure, legal status and sources of Kyiv merchants in XIX century. This thesis describes in general the evolution of the Ukraine and Russion Empire.Theoretical generalizations about the relationship of top state management to the activity of local negotiators was done in this dissertation. The author has studied patterns of quantitative growth and drastic changes in the property qualification of merchants that have took place throughout the designated period.The main organizational arrangements of the authorities in the trade branch and business of city were shown; revealed the essence of merchant competition, revealed the most important features of the activity was revealed also in this thesis.