| Abstrakt: |
The article is devoted to the problems of formation of the insurance industry in the Russian Empire at the turn of the 20th century. Its origin may be referred to the emergence of fire insurance. Scientific novelty of the present work lies in the fact that for the first time an attempt is made to analyze the formation of movable and immovable property insurance against fire in the late 19th century in Kharkiv. Also, a new, yet unexplored primary source – namely the Charter of Kharkiv mutual fire insurance society – is introduced into scientific use. General scientific principles of historicism and objectivity provided the methodological basis for the given article. When writing, the following scientific methods were used: chronological, comparative historical, descriptive, as well as systemic analysis and synthesis of the material [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
