«FACTORY AND TIMBER INDUSTRY DISTRICT»: THE DEVELOPMENT OF VELSKY DISTRICT IN VOLOGDA PROVINCE IN THE XIX CENTURY»

Abstract

The article deals with the problems of developing timber industry in the European North of Russia in the XIXth century, represented on the example of Velsky district in Vologda province. The peculiarities of forest exploitation in the Russian North and the specific “velsky” way of timber processing are described. The author singles out two tendencies of peasants’ forest crafts development: intensive growth of “rural industry” by the middle of the XIXth century and lagging behind (in technologies, in product quality, in organizational and production forms, in outputs and profitability) by the end of the century. The factors, interfering the development of a small-scale, semi-house production into a larger and profitable one, are analyzed.