THE CULTURE OF FAMILY TRADITIONS OF PROVINCIAL MERCHANTS OF VAYTSKAYА PROVINCE IN THE XIX - BEGINNING OF XX CENTURIES
T<i>he 19 century was marked by the process of forming the national type of the merchant-entrepreneur. Essential family and household traditions of the merchants were being worked out, which eventually became the basis of the merchant class mentality. The mode of life provincial merchants of Vaytskaya Province was characterized by regular habits and conservatism keeping traditional class features and behaviour patterns.</i>