Povsednevnaya zhizn' russkogo provincial'nogo goroda v XIX veke. Poreformennyy period

Povsednevnost' russkoy provincii XIX veka blestyasche opisana v proizvedeniyah Saltykova-Schedrina, Leskova, Chehova, Gor'kogo. No narisovannaya klassikami kartina neizbezhno ostaetsya fragmentarnoy, ne sovpadaya s trudami istorikov i statisticheskimi dannymi. Sovmestit' oba etih vzglyada - literaturnyy i istoricheskiy - prizvana novaya kniga izvestnogo zhurnalista i televeduschego Alekseya Mitrofanova, uvlekatel'no rasskazyvayuschaya obo vseh sferah zhizni gubernskih i uezdnyh gorodov, o byte i nravah ih zhiteley, o postepennyh izmeneniyah v gorodskom hozyaystve i uklade v period mezhdu reformami 1860-h godov i revolyuciey 1905 goda. Privlekaya samye raznye istochniki - memuary, gazetnye ocherki, policeyskie otchety, hudozhestvennye proizvedeniya, - avtor soedinyaet ih v edinuyu mnogocvetnuyu mozaiku provincial'noy Rossii.