Eighteenth Century Russia

[Alina Israeli]

>> "Promyshlenniki" in Siberia who were dealing with fur would be buying
>> row furs, and treating it for usage in clothing, thus they
>> manufactured new products, not just traded.
>
>I suspect he wanted "promyslovik."

No, probably "promyshlennik" in the older sense, that is connected to
promysel (as in idti na promysel), promyshljat' chem.

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