Trade houses as family firms at the beginning of 20th century (at the example of the Kama-Vyatka region)

In the work the trade houses are represented as a form of family business in the context of modernization processes in the Kama-Vyatka region. The author analyzes the role of the family and its members in the functioning of trade houses, the relations between family members, employees, and countermen (the closest to the family and the most important group).