The Merchants of Moscow 1580 1650

by Paul Bushkovitch

Book Overview

Using evidence drawn from archives in Moscow, Professor Bushkovitch challenges conventional analyses of trade and industry during this period. The Merchants of Moscow 1580-1650 examines the formation of the merchant class in Russia before the reforms of Peter the Great, focusing on the role of the Muscovite merchants in the establishment of foreign and domestic trade and commerce. Bushkovitch places the merchants of Moscow within the context of Eastern...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521101727
• ISBN13: 9780521101721
• Release Date: December 2008
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 228 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"