THE ROLE OF LANDLORDS AND MERCHANTS OF KURSK PRONIVCE IN THE RIVER SEIM TRANSFORMATION TO NAVIGABLE CONDITION PROJECT IN THE THIRTIES OF THE XIX CENTURY
The article is devoted to the role of landlords and merchants of the Kursk province in the river Seim transformation to navigable condition. It is divided into two blocks, each of which focuses on the role of representatives of the nobility and the merchant class. The article is about the position of individual landowners to the project and financial help during construction work on the landlord`s land. The article gives a detailed analysis of a mixed assessment of the project landowners, the specific reasons for the negative attitude of the landowners. The article goes on to say that some of merchants who were contractors tried to skimp on construction works. Much attention is given to the first attempt to send barges with goods in 1836 by the merchant Belyaev. In the end of the article the author comes to the conclusion of the role of landlords and merchants in the project.