THE GREEKS IN THE MOSCOW MERCHANT CLASS (1782-1881): INTEGRATION WITH THE RUSSIAN ENVIRONMENT
The article studies the problem of the number of the Greeks in the Moscow merchant class in 1782-1811 in 1782-1811 (from the fourth to the sixth revision). On the basis of the information about the Greeks’ guarantors when they entered the merchant class, as well as on the onomastic information, the author draws a conclusion about how well the Greek merchants in Moscow could save their ethnicity.