Abstract
The paper deals with German masters, who worked on the Zlatoust arms factory in the 1st half of the 19th century. The author retraces the stages of inviting of foreign specialists to Russian service, analyzes the contracts with craftsmen and their material prosperity. German specialists are considered as a special social group or isolated community with its own way of life and preservation of national traditions. The article explains the statement of foreigners after the termination of their contracts and the questions connected with social support of the armourers.
Keywords
foreigners, German armourers, contracts, Zlatoust, Ural, the first half of the nineteenth century.