The article is devoted to the agronomic activities of Zemstvo in Kostroma province. The author examines the work of agricultural warehouses, which were organized by Zemstvo. With the help of this local municipal authorities peasants implemented in their farms fertilizers, quality seeds and agricultural tools. This has contributed to the promotion of technological innovation in Russian agriculture in the early 20th century. At this time due to technical progress in many peasant farms appeared plows, seeders, threshing, grading machines, etc.
Key words: farming in Russia, Russian Zemstvo, Zemstvo assembly, agronomy, agricultural warehouses, agricultural implements, technical progress.
Reference to article:
Baldin K. E. The agricultural warehouses in agronomic activities of Zemstvo in Kostroma province in the early 20th century // Ivanovo State University Bulletin. Series «The Humanities». 2019. No.4. P. 25-32.