THE CRISIS OF THE BUSINESS PRACTICES AND TRADITIONAL FORMS OF LIFE-SUPPORT CULTURE OF THE LANDED GENTRY OF BELARUS IN THE REFLECTION OF THE NOVEL BY E.T. MASSALSKY "PAN PODSTOLIС"
In the article business practices and traditional forms of life-support culture of the landed gentry of Belarus on the material social novel by Edward Tomas Massalsky (1799-1879) «Пан Подстолич» («Pan Podstolic, albo czym jesteśmy, czym być możemy») (1831-1833) are analyzed. The causes of the depletion of the productive resources in the manorial economy of Belarus in the pre-reform period are examined. Patterns of extensive economy, examples of reference in the noble estates of the edge of the field and forestry, as well as distilling are formulated. A class stereotypes in the environment of the landed gentry in the Belarusian lands, influencing farming practices is identified. The dependence of local landowners farms on external economic conditions and a lack of a majority of the landowners to the use of market-based economic mechanisms are demonstrated.