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Winter 2019

ISSN 0890-913X

Volume 34, Number 4

Categories: Winter 2019 | Anarchy | Economic and social development

Hearts of Stone: Analyzing Anarchic Bukhtarman Stonemason Communities in Eighteenth-Century Russia

V. V. Maltsev, Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation

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TheJournalofPrivateEnterprise34(4),2019,1–18HeartsofStone:AnalyzingAnarchicBukhtarmanStonemasonCommunitiesinEighteenth-CenturyRussiaV.V.Maltsev*FinancialUniversityundertheGovernmentoftheRussianFederation__________________________________________________________AbstractTheidealofa“strongstate”foreconomicdevelopmentandprovisionofsecurityhasalwaysbeenprevalentinRussianhistory,especiallyinnativistthought.ThispaperarguesagainstthisperspectivebyanalyzingthestatelessBukhtarmanstonemasoncommunitiesoftheeighteenthcenturythatthrivedoutsideofstatecontrolinthemountainousregionneartheBukhtarmariver.Ishowthatthroughentrepreneurialfreedom,freetrade,normsfordisputeresolution,andsignalingthroughadoptionoffaith,theseanarchiccommunitieswereabletoavoidtheHobbesianwarofallagainstallandsubstantiallyimprovetheireconomicwelfare.__________________________________________________________JELCodes:P49Keywords:anarchy,Bukhtarmanstonemasons,institutions,efficiency,cooperationI.IntroductionIsastrongstateanecessityfortheeconomicdevelopmentofRussia?AccordingtothedominantnativistperspectiveinRussia,autocracyisessentialtothecountry’sdevelopment.NativistspointtotheRussianstate’suniqueabilityto“mobilizeresourcesforlong-termdevelopment,”andhistorianNikolaiKaramzinarguedthat“AutocracyisthePalladiumofRussia;onitsintegritydependsRussia’shappiness”(Tsygankov2014,pp.5–6).AccordingtoBerdyaev(1948,p.14),“WithoutthereformofPeter[theGreat],theRussianStateitselfwouldhavebeenincapablebothofself-defenceandofdevelopment.”Nakhimova(2011,pp.154–155)pointsouttheincreasingpopularityofStalininmodernRussianmediaanditscall*Ithankthejournaleditorandtwoanonymousreviewersforinsightfulcommentsandsuggestionsonthefirstversionofthispaper.IalsothankGeorginaReederforproofreadingandassistancewiththeeditingprocess.

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Title	Hearts of Stone: Analyzing Anarchic Bukhtarman Stonemason Communities in Eighteenth-Century Russia
Authors/Creators:	V. V. Maltsev, Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation
Year:	2019
Volume:	34
Number:	4
Pages:	1 - 18
Publisher:	The Association of Private Enterprise Education
ISSN:	0890-913X
Document Type:	Articles
Keywords:	anarchy, Bukhtarman stonemasons, institutions, efficiency, cooperation

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Maltsev, V. V. / 2019. "Hearts of Stone: Analyzing Anarchic Bukhtarman Stonemason Communities in Eighteenth-Century Russia." The Journal of Private Enterprise, 34(4): 1-18.