No 3 (2012)

The article deals with the uprisings of workers of the Ural region against bolsheviks in June, 1918. The author reconstructs the events of the Kasli uprising on the basis of the archival documents, newspapers and memoirs.

The author describes and analyzes on the archive data base the participation of the Lower Volga region citizens in the political education process. The article shows the attitude of the urban population towards this process and demonstrates the influence of the society ideologization on everyday behavior.

The article deals with the customs policy of Russia concerning the import of agricultural equipment into the country from 1885, when the customs duties on such equipment were introduced, until the beginning of the First World War. The research has shown that after 1898 the Russian government cancelled the customs duties on certain types of agricultural equipment and at the same time raised additional tariff barrier for other machines, in order to secure the balance of interests between the producers and consumers of agricultural equipment. The article also considers the interdepartmental struggle and public discussion on imposition of customs duties on the imported agricultural equipment.

In the relations between China and nomadic peoples of Siberia, the material and spiritual aspects of culture were perceived in parallel, but the material culture in the contacts was shown more clearly and particularly attracted the neighbours' attention. This manifested itself in the processes of interchange, imitation or borrowing of some features of culture, such as art, crafts, clothing, food, housing, vehicles, etc.