The business cooperation between Russia and Kyrgyzstan. History and modernity
The article continues the publication of a series of materials by the authors devoted to business cooperation in the post-Soviet space. This paper analyzes the main historical stages of cooperation between businesspersons of Russia and Kyrgyzstan, it is noted that it has a long history and originated in the 18<sup>th</sup> century. The authors characterize the main stages of this cooperation, including the period from the entry of the territory of present-day Kyrgyzstan into the Russian Empire up to the events of 1917, the Soviet period in the history of Kyrgyzstan, when the basis of the industry of the modern economy of the republic was created, the interaction of the business of the Russian Federation and Kyrgyzstan over the past thirty years of independent development. The central place is given to the cooperation of entrepreneurs of the two countries at the present stage. At the same time, the article deals with such subjects as the transition to the rails of market reforms and the formation of a class of entrepreneurs in the 90s, the growth of commodity-intermediary entrepreneurship and the liberalization of foreign trade as factors of capital accumulation, the reform of the legislative framework as a condition for improving the efficiency of business cooperation between the two countries. The authors also characterize such areas of cooperation as financial cooperation; Russian-Kyrgyz trade relations, mutual investments of Russian and Kyrgyz businesses, various bilateral and multilateral institutions that promote the development and strengthening of entrepreneurship in ourcountries.