A Russian merchant's tale

the life and adventures of Ivan Alekseevich Tolchënov, based on his diary

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Based on the diary of an 18th-century Russian provincial merchant, this book presents a revealing portrait of Russia's little-known commercial class. It challenges the stereotypes of Russian merchants as tradition-bound and narrow-minded and offers important new insights into the social history of imperial Russia.