Memoirs of the Kazan clothier of the first half of the XIX century: everyday life of " inconspicuous people»

Abstract

Тhe article examines some aspects of the everyday life of the workers of the Kazan Cloth Manufactory of the first half of the 19th century, reconstructed on the basis of a unique document ­ the memoirs of the clothier A.S. St. George's, made by the Kazan historian N. Ya Agafonov in the last quarter of the XIX century. The uniqueness of the document lies in the fact that it is the only source of a personal character that conveys the daily life practices of cloth makers ­ “invisible people”. The study of the document makes it possible to understand how living in a separate settlement and working at a serf manufactory determined the way and style of life. This is one of the advantages of this source, which makes it possible to outline sociocultural, ethno­confessional, mental and psychological characteristics of the inhabitants of the Sukonnaya Sloboda.