"VENAL LOVE" AS A PHENOMENON OF EVERYDAY LIFE OF WEST SIBERIAN TOWNS IN THE SECOND HALF OF THE XIX - AT THE BEGINNING OF THE XX CENTURY
The author discovers the normative-legal and medical-sanitary aspects of “venal love” as a sociocultural phenomenon in the everyday life of the large administrative centers of West Siberia of the late imperial period. The paper describes the legislative basis of “disorderly houses” functioning, analyzes the rights and duties of their keepers and inhabitants. Using a wide range of sources the author examines the procedure of medical and police supervision over prostitutes and their health.