Commercial and entrepreneurial activity of the southern Urals noblemen at the end of the 19th - beginning of the 20th centuries (based on the examples of the Ufimskaya and Orenburgskaya provinces)
The article centers on the main trends of the commercial and entrepreneurial activity of the Southern Urals noblemen at the end of the 19th - beginning of the 20th centuries. Main focus of attention lies with the grain specialization of the region, which influenced the rest of the agricultural and undertaking activities. The key industries of the entrepreneurship of the noblemen consisted in growing bread for sale, development of cattle - breeding, organization of sylviculture and distillery production.