The philistine class of Russian cities. Monograph. Kabetov P.S., Koboseva Z.M.

In the readers offered by the book, based on a wide range of archival materials, the authors attempt to rehabilitate the concepts of “philistinism” and “layman”, returning them their original significance: a resident of the city belonging to the city philistine class, a member of the city society, included in the philistine book cities, that is, the legislatively represented average layer of citizens. The philistines are the main characters of the city social life, its "little people." But they are also important participants in the history of the country.

The book shows the civil creativity of philistines through participation in city self -government introduced in the Russian Empire Catherine II. The book traces the picture of the world of philistines, that is, a system of ideas about the place of man in the state and his active creative role in the historical process. The book is intended for professional historians, teachers of humanitarian disciplines, students, graduate students and a wide range of readers interested in the daily history of the pre -revolutionary Russian city.