MODERNIZATION LIKE TURKESTAN: THE ACTIVITIES OF TRADING HOUSES AND FIRMS IN THE TURKESTAN REGION

Turkestan, cotton, trading houses, modernization, historiography

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The article analyzes the activities of trading houses and firms in the Turkestan region. In Soviet historiography, the positive role of trading firms was denied. Post-Soviet historiography shows the positive aspects of economic modernization. Based on archival documents, the author shows the main operations of trading houses in the Turkestan General Government.