FOREIGNERS AMONG MOSCOW GUILD MASTERS IN THE 20-30s OF THE XVIIIth CENTURY: ETHNIC PROCESSES

Abstract

The object of this article is foreign population of Moscow guild masters as an ethnic element. The subject of the research is the ethnic processes associated with the integration of foreign guild masters into the city community. The basis of the research is the analysis of the unpublished archival source - "Reestr Mockovskih tsekhov 1729" (the Register of Moscow guild masters). Represented information and the analysis of the source have been introduced into scientific use for the first time. Having done the analysis on the basis both of groups of foreigners and a number of social aspects, the author has made a conclusion about the specific features of ethnic processes in Moscow guild masters in the 20-30s of the XVIII^th century.