Handicraft cooperation of the European North, the Urals, the Volga region by the beginning of the 20th century

Abstract

The article discussesthemain areas of work ofthe handicraft cooperation ofthe European North, the Urals and the Volga region. First of all, the activity of trade artels, which was associated withthe processing of agricultural products,the production of agriculturaltools, wood processing, is investigated, the interaction of handicraft artels with agricultural and credit cooperatives is studied. 

Keywords

• handicraft cooperation
• woodworking
• rope
• sheepskin
• down-knitting
• cooperage
• butter and tar artels