ADMINISTRATIVE PRACTICES AND MODERNIZATION OF THE ECONOMIC ACTIVITY OF LANDLORDS AT THE MICRO LEVEL (BASED ON THE MATERIALS OF THE ZNAMENSKY ESTATE OF THE STROGANOV FAMILY)

Zhitin Ruslan Magometovich, Topilsky Aleksej Gennadyevich, Oblitsov Maxim Anatolyevich

The article describes the administration and modernization of the economic activity of landowners based on the materials of the Znamensky estate of the Stroganov family. It is shown that the restructuring of the estate was related to the owner's desire to have a profitable complex and relied on developed forms of administration.

Keywords:Russian Empire, landowners, peasants, large land ownership, Tambov province.