Philanthropy in Ryazan in the late XIX - early XX century: Sergey Afanasyevich Zhivago
The article is devoted to the charitable activity of Ryazan maecenas Sergey Zhivago who established public bank in Ryazan and the first in town building obstetrics. Source bases of the research are works of Ryazan local historians and documents of the State archives of the Ryazan region. On the basis of the analysis of actual data the author shows a significant contribution of the Ryazan maecenas to the formation of practical social work in the region. The author believes that popularization of philanthropy that existed in our country until the early XX century will help to promote charitable activities in modern Russia.