FAMILY LIFE TRADITIONS OF PROVINCIAL MERCHANTS OF THE VYATSK PROVINCE IN THE 19TH - EARLY 20TH CENTURIES
The 19th 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 of provincial merchants of the Vaytsk Province was characterized by regular habits and conservatism keeping traditional class features and behavioral patterns. In the merchant family, being one of the main mechanisms of socialization, the basis of the world view, a characteristic system of values and stereotypes of social behavior were formed.