FEATURES OF THE ECONOMIC SITUATION OF TOWNSPEOPLE IN THE FIRST HALF OF THE XIX CENTURY IN THE CITIES OF TOMSK PROVINCE

The article analyzes the financial condition of the burghers in the towns of Tomsk province of the Russian Empire pre-reform period. Consistently reviewed its diversity. The article reveals the contrast in material strength position inside the middle-class in cities of the South-West of SIBI-ri. On the one hand, some tradesmen literally begging, begging, and other difficult to distinguish from wealthy merchants.