DEVELOPMENT OF SMALL-SCALE RURAL INDUSTRY IN KURSK REGION IN THE POST-REFORM PERIOD

Abstract

The article examines the socio-economic conditions of formation and development of the handicraft industry farms in Kursk province in the middle of the XIX century. Despite the economic evolution of Kursk province being similar to other agricultural regions, its social economy development had its own distinctive features, such as: extensive involvement in the national market. This circumstance determined the regional specificity of the peasants’ handicraft sector growth in the post-reform period, described in the article.