Bryansk Branch of the Plekhanov Russian University of Economics, Bryansk, Russia:

V. A. Bobkov, Associate Professor of Chair for Theory, History of State and Law and Humanities, Doctor of Historical Sciences, e-mail: vladimir.bobkoff-2009@yandex.ru

The article summarizes, systematizes and analyzes the documentary material on the history of creation and development of domestic non-ferrous metallurgy at the modern scientific and methodological level. The dynamics of transformation of its role in providing the centers of artillery production in Russia with non-ferrous metals in the ХVІ–ХVІІІ centuries is shown. At the same time, new historical materials on the history of Russian artillery production not having been put into scientific circulation were attracted. The main sources of supply of non-ferrous metals intended for use in domestic centers of artillery production are identified. The formation of the legislative framework regulating the turnover of non-ferrous metals in Russia is characterized. It is shown that the solution of key issues of providing the centers of artillery production in Russia with non-ferrous metals in the ХVІ–ХVІІІ centuries. largely depended on the support of the central government. Ivan III and Ivan IV had an initial positive impact on the settlement of issues analyzed in the article. Their initiatives were continued by Peter I, who completed the creation of a system of mining and processing of non-ferrous metals in Russia. In the first half of the ХVІІІ century. our state has freed itself from foreign dependence in the field of metal supplies. In the last quarter of the ХVІІІ century Catherine II did much in the field considered by the author. During her reign, the infrastructure of metal turnover was created between the non-ferrous metal mining (processing) industries and domestic artillery production centers.

1. Shafirov P. P. Argument about the causes of the Northern War. Saint-Petersburg, 1722.
2. Kirillov I. К. The flourishing position of the All-Russian state … Moscow : Universitetskaya tipografiya, 1831.
3. Strumilin S. G. Ural`s mining plants of the Peter`s era. Moscow : 1945. 81 p.
4. Rubtsov N. N. History of foundry production in the USSR. Part 1. Moscow : Mashgiz, 1962.
5. Pavlenko N. I. Development of the metallurgical industry of Russia in the first half of the XVIII century. Industrial policy and management. Moscow : AN SSSR, 1953. 536 p.
6. Pavlenko N. I. History of metallurgy in Russia of the XVIII century: factories and factory owners. Moscow : AN SSSR, 1962. 564 p.
7. Zapariy V. V. Peter modernization and metallurgy of the Urals (1700–1725). Istoriko-ekonomicheskie issledovaniya. 2016. Vol. 17, No. 1. pp. 95–140.
8. Yurkin I. N. Andrey Andreevich Vinius, 1641–1716. Edited by V. N. Zakharov. Moscow : Nauka, 2007. 557 p.
9. Pykhalov I. V. Development of non-ferrous metallurgy in the Russian Empire. Problemy sovremennoy ekonomiki. 2017. No. 2. pp. 251–254.
10 Ansani F. Per infinite sperientie’. I maestri dell’artiglieria nell’Italia del Quattrocento. Reti Medievali Rivista. 2017. Vol. 18, No. 2. pp. 149–159.
11. Ansani F. The life of a Renaissance gunmaker. Bonaccorso Ghiberti and the development of Florentine artillery in the late fifteenth century. Technology and Culture. 2017. Vol. 58, No. 3. p. 749.
12. Aragona F. L’immagine della forza. Archivio Storico per le Province Napoletane. 2019.
13. Additions to historical acts, collected and published by the archeological commission. Vol. 1. Saint-Petersburg, 1846.
14. Fletcher G. Of the Russe Common Wealth. 3rd edition. Saint-Petersburg : A. S. Suvorin`s edition, 1906. 138 p.
15. Bobkov V. А. History of Russian artillery production in the middle of the XVII – end of the XIX centuries: Dissertation. … of the Doctor of Historical Sciences. Voronezh, 2019.
16. Florya B. N. Russia’s trade with Western Europe in Arkhangelsk (late 16^th – early 17^th century). Srednie veka. 1973. No. 36. pp. 129–151.
17. Sedov P. V. Taking down of church bells for casting guns at the beginning of the Northern War. Peterburgskiy istorichesiy zhurnal. 2014. No. 1. pp. 25–40.
18. Notes of Just Juel, Danish envoy to Peter the Great (1709–1711). Moscow : Univesitetskaya tipografiya, 1900.
19. Bobkov V. А. The history of artillery production in factories and arsenals of Russia in the XVIII – mid XIX centuries. Chernye Metally. 2020. No. 6. pp. 69–74.
20. Military Historical Museum of Artillery, Engineers and Signal Corps. (AVIMAIV i VS). Fond 5. Register ShGF. File 2534.
21.Russian State Military History Archive. Fond 503. Register 3. File 339.
22. State Archives of the Bryansk Region (GABO). Fond 221. Register. 1. File. 1.
23. GABO Fond 221. Register 1. File 15.
24. AVIMAIV i VS. Fond 5. Register ShGF. File 3262. Ivanov`s reports of Lieutenant Colonel to Potemkin on the artillery team personnel located in Bryansk, on the number of manufactured naval guns with attachment of tables and sheets. 1791.
25. Russian State Military History Archive. Fond. 37. Register 79. File 20.
26. Code of Military Decrees. Part 1. Book IV. Section I. Saint-Petersburg, 1838.