О РОЛИ АРМЯНСКИХ КУПЦОВ В РАЗВИТИИ ТОРГОВЫХ ОТНОШЕНИЙ МЕЖДУ МОЛДАВСКИМ КНЯЖЕСТВОМ И РЕЧЬЮ ПОСПОЛИТОЙ ВО ВТОРОЙ ПОЛОВИНЕ XVIII ВЕКА

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Abstract

Armenians, established to live from more distant times or something closer to the Moldovan and Polish spaces showed an entrepreneurial spirit in the field of handicrafts and trade. Armenian merchants played an important role in the Moldovan-Polish economic relations in the second half of the eighteenth century, also contributing directly to the formation of the bourgeoisie in Moldova and Poland. The fluctuations in the political and military area could not prevent the Moldovan-Polish trade, made mostly of Armenian merchants. Armenian merchants have practiced both bilateral trade relations and transit trade, which has created an image of oriental goods producer, known by Westerners as „Armenian goods”. The attitude of rulers of Moldova to the Armenian merchants was tolerant and favourably inclined. Polish authorities have granted asylum and legal protection to Armenian merchants.