Leisure and entertainment of the urban population of the Middle Volga region at the end of the XVIII - the first quarter of the XIX centuries

The article is devoted to the study of leisure practices and entertainment culture of the urban population of the Russian province in the late 18th - the first quarter of the 19th centuries on the materials of the Middle Volga region. The author argues that the choice of forms of leisure was determined by the affiliation of the city dweller to a certain social, gender and age group, as well as the sociocultural community with which he identified himself. Attention is paid to both modernized and traditional forms of leisure and entertainment.