title: ACTIVITIES OF THE CUSTOMS AGENCIES OF THE TAURIDA PROVINCE TO COMBAT SMUGGLING IN THE SECOND HALF OF THE 19TH – EARLY 20TH CENTURIES (BASED ON ARCHIVAL MATERIALS)
abstract: The state customs policy of Russia aims at promoting economic growth, and the activities of its customs agencies have become increasingly important in light of the “sanctions” imposed by several anti-Russian member states of the world community. For centuries, the Crimean peninsula has been and remains a strategically significant region across Russia’s southern borders, serving as a point of convergence for the economic and commercial interests of the European and Middle Eastern nations. The sci
journal: History and Archives