Confessional Ethical Base of Muslim Entrepreneurship in Russian Empire in Late 19<sup>th</sup> - Early 20<sup>th</sup> Centuries
The article considers the confessional and ethical base of the Muslim entrepreneurship in the Russian Empire in the late 19<sup>th</sup> - early 20<sup>th</sup> centuries. The author analyzes the differentiation of the value-institutional system of the broad public on the one hand, and that of entrepreneurs - on the other hand. Whereas the former adhered to the national and ethical values of the traditional culture, the latter - to religious and moral values based on Islam and developed by the Russian Empire reformers of that period.