THE STATUS AND ROLE OF OWNERS AND EMPLOYEES OF DRUGSTORES IN PROVINCIAL RUSSIAN SOCIETY IN THE SECOND HALF OF XIX - THE BEGINNING OF THE XX CENTURIES. (ON MATERIALS OF THE TAMBOV PROVINCE)
Research is about social aspects of history of pharmacy of the Russian province. In article author considered problems of a role and the status of owners and employees of drugstores in the second half of XIX - the beginning of the XX centuries. Author investigated the problem of the attitude towards druggists in provincial Russian society in the second half of XIX - the beginning of the XX centuries. Author presented points of view of contemporaries, about that to what social and professional group of the population, proceeding from an occupation, a role and the status in society, it was necessary to rank druggists. Author analyzed their social and economic and public status. On the basis of memoirs author characterized living conditions, life and leisure, features of vocational training and formation of the serving pharmaceutical institutions of the provincial center at the beginning of the XX century. Author considered problems of relationship of owners and employees of drugstores and pharmaceutical shops. Most of owners (except for a number of owners of large drugstores and pharmaceutical shops) and the serving pharmaceutical institutions of the Tambov province in the second half of XIX - the beginning of the XX centuries on the level of the income and a way of life were a part of different groups of middle class of the center of provincial society. Owners and employees of drugstores weren't only a component of local enterprise circles, but also, carrying out important social function, were a part of the provincial Russian intellectuals. A number of owners of drugstores of the Tambov province in the second half of XIX - the beginning of the XX centuries dealt with charitable and educational activity. Owners and employees of pharmaceutical institutions of the Tambov province took part in political and cultural life of the province.