Kuzmina T.
Abstract. The article is describing private collection of the Sergeev, famous Nizhny Novgorod merchant family, kept in Nizhny Novgorod State Historical and Architectural Museum Reserve and never published before. Entrepreneurial, social and charitable activities of Alexander Prokopevich Sergeev and members of his family are considering. This collection which represent as unique as typical history of Russian wealthy families before and after Revolution of 1917 can be highly estimated and used different ways in museum exhibitions and projects.
Key words: history of entrepreneurship in Russia, history, Nizhny Novgorod, Nizhny Novgorod province in the 2nd half of the XIX - early XX centuries.
Kuzmina Tatiana Aleksandrovna,
head of the History Department,
Nizhny Novgorod State Historical and Architectural Museum Reserve (Nizhny Novgorod),
e-mail: tatakuzmina61@gmail.com