Degtyarev, S.O. Hotel business in pre-revolutionary Moscow (1861–1914)

Abstract: Based on the analysis of published materials and archives of the Central Historical Archive of the City of Moscow (Document Storage Center till 1917), the author of the article examines the issues of state regulation of hotel business in pre-revolutionary Moscow. In his research Degtyarev analyzes the applicable legislation and problems associated with running a hotel in old Moscow, taxation, security, regulation of allowable additional services, etc. The main purpose of the research is to define the main task to be solved in the process of state regulation of hotel business. The methodological basis for the research involves the fundamental principles of historicism and objectivist. These principles allowed to view hotel business based on the analysis of documents and interaction with other phenomena. Having analyzed unpublished and practically never studied archives, Degtyarev concludes that in that period hotel business was under strict control and regulation of the government. The researcher proves that the government had the fiscal interest in the regulation of hotel business. The government needed regular cash proceeds from a developing and promising business both for the purposes of local self-government and state budget.

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