THE EXPERIENCE OF EXHIBITION ACTIVITY OF THE END OF XIX CENTURY IN RUSSIA AND IMAGE FORMATION OF RUSSIAN PROVINCE (ON THE EXAMPLE OF KURSK AND ORYOL PROVINCES)
In the article the experience of presentation of Kursk and Oryol provinces at the XVIth All-Russia Industrial and Art Exhibition of 1896 in Nizhny Novgorod is considered. The quantitative and qualitative analysis of advertising representation of economic and social spheres of provinces is given. The results of expert estimation of exhibition participants activity are analyzed.