Keyword: «shareholder enterprises»

The article is devoted to the activities of entrepreneurial business circles of the Samara province of the second half of the 19th and beginning of the 20th century. Based on the analysis of sources, a feature is singled out in the development of entrepreneurial entrepreneurship during this period, the characteristic features of the business elite, the role of foreign foreign capital in the development of entrepreneurship in the region are analyzed. The author gives an analysis of the social structure of the business elite of the Samarka province, examines the priority areas of entrepreneurial activity.