The publication discusses the opening of a mutual credit society in Irkutsk. The legal basis for the activity of a credit institution is given. The policy of the Ministry of Finance of the Russian Empire in relation to this type of organization is described. The general results of the activity are presented. The article describes the process of nationalization of the company at the time of the Liquidation and Technical Commission for the Liquidation of Former Private Banks, established at the Irkutsk Gubfinotdele in March 1920.

Plotnikova Elena Vladislavovna, Postgraduate, Department of History of Russia, Irkutsk State University,1, K. Marx st., Irkutsk, 664003, Russian Federation, e-mail: Elena-angarsk@yandex.ru

Plotnikova E.V. Irkutsk Mutual Credit Society in 1874–1920. The Bulletin of Irkutsk State University. Series History, 2021, vol. 35, pp. 14-19. https://doi.org/10.26516/2222-9124.2021.35.14 (in Russian)

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