Professional appearance of cabbies in Russia in the nineteenth – the beginning of twentieth century

Abstract

The article is devoted to the analysis of the formation and development of light and freight production in Russia in XIX – beginning ХХ century. On the basis of a wide range of published sources, the stages of career development of light coaches, their transformation from vanek to dashing are considered, This was a significant test, which was not met by all, but also by the emergence of scrap handlers (with different names in different parts of the world), a feature of their hard work in the true sense of the word. The specifics of the different types of cart used by passenger cars and freight coaches are also investigated. The names of some freight wagons have become synonymous with the name of the scrap cabs, such as «erandachniki», «drogali», «bindyzhniki». The development of urban manufacturing has had a great impact on the formation of urban culture, as well as numerous references to coaches and light and scrap products in literary works and encyclopaedic dictionaries. The result of the research was the reconstruction of the career scenario and professional appearance of Russian car and freight drivers.