Investigation of crimes in financial institutions in the 19th century (based on materials of the Simbirsk province)

Introduction. The article on a wide archival base analyzes the process of forming urban public banks and investigating crimes in the banking sector in the 19th century. The article reveals the main reasons for crimes and abuses in the banking sector, which were caused, firstly, by the special status of city public banks, and secondly, by weak control over their activities by the city government bodies (city councils) in whose jurisdiction they were. The background of the emergence of commercial private and joint-stock banks in Russia is briefly described. The main area of research was related to investigations of criminal activities in the banking sector, the use of methods for solving crimes in the economic sphere existing at that time on the effectiveness of the investigation of criminal acts in the banking sector in the Simbirsk and Saratov province.