title: “He Whimpered and Pestered So Hard…”: Conflict between the Customer and the Contractor during the Construction of the Kichkine Residence
abstract: The article highlights one of the little-studied problems of interaction between customers and contractors during construction of residences for members of the Romanovs family. Based on the analysis and synthesis of archival materials from the fund of the Department of Affairs of the Grand Duke Dmitry Konstantinovich, the study turns to the consideration of the relationship between the officials of the Department, first of all, its head A. V. Korochentsov, with the contractor for the constructio
journal: Modern History of Russia