On history of wine trade in Beryozovsky krai in the second half of XIX century

The article analyzes changes in the law of Russian empire regarding excise tax on wine in Western Siberia and the implementation of these policies in Beryozovsky krai. New archive materials help to determine the amounts and price policies established by the government. Wine traders from other cities are of primary interest. During the audit of Beryozovsky uezd civil governors of Tobolsk County offered different observations: first, wine sale was forbidden, then allowed, then forbidden again, then, it was only forbidden at deer farms and fairs. It was decided to pay for wine with money only and not with animal skins. Liquor stores were established and one could buy wine both at retail and wholesale. It is noted that the search for optimal wine trade management systems continued throughout the whole XIXth century. It is possible to draw a conclusion that it was practically impossible to solve the issue of wine trade on the level of counties and Western Siberia as a whole due to multiple reasons. Among those reasons are both objective (vast territoriy, lack of control) and subjective (interest that indeginous people ook in alcohol, acquisitiveness of tradespeople, who got indigenous people addicted to alcohol, lack of competition due to power abuse and unattractiveness of trade).