Keyword: «business activities»

The article deals with analysis of the characterristics of the formation and principles of historical development of the Education Societies and CustodySocieties. Particular attention is paid to the role of donors who showed private initiative and interest in the noble cause of the development of public education in the Caucasus school district of pre-revolutionary Russia.In termsof analysis of data from the State Archives of the Stavropol Territory are given examples of awarding scholarships, financial supporting for orphans and needy students, supporting for teachers and educational institutions, secured on personal capital of citizens of the time.

The paper discusses the meaning of the term "restaurant business" based on the analysis of the language used in the economic literature. The necessity of definition of the restaurant business in author's edition and is determined by its place in the infrastructure of commercial and industrial complex on the basis of specific features of the sector of the economy.