Oncoly credits as a tool of political engineering: financial control of the state bank over the Ukrainian elites (1860–1914)

Анотація

The article analyses the on‑call loans of the State Bank of the Russian Empire in the Ukrainian governorates as an instrument of political engineering rather than a neutral banking product. Drawing on legal statutes, statistical reports and archival materials from the Central State Historical Archive of Ukraine and AGAD in Warsaw, the study reconstructs how formally technical lending procedures were transformed into a system of “quiet pressure” on regional elites. It demonstrates that access to on‑call loans depended less on borrowers’ solvency than on their political loyalty, assessed through participation in zemstvo self‑government, connections with the imperial bureaucracy and involvement in the Ukrainian national movement. In a comparative perspective (Dnieper Ukraine, the Baltic region, the Caucasus), the article shows the variability of imperial credit policy: in Ukraine on‑call loans acquired the most repressive character, serving as a means of control over landed elites and of blocking cooperative and cultural‑educational initiatives. The scholarly novelty lies in the integrated analysis of legal norms, administrative practices and statistical data, which makes it possible to interpret on‑call loans as a key element of the imperial strategy of managed financial dependence of Ukrainian elites on the central authorities.

Ключові слова: on-call loans; State Bank of the Russian Empire; Dnieper Ukraine; political engineering; financial dependence; imperial policy; Ukrainian elites

Як цитувати

@article{internauka11906,
  author   = {Муляр, Анатолій Миколайович},
  title    = {Oncoly credits as a tool of political engineering: financial control of the state bank over the Ukrainian elites (1860–1914)},
  journal  = {Міжнародний науковий журнал «Інтернаука»},
  year     = {2026},
  number   = {2},
  doi      = {10.25313/2520-2057-2026-2-11906},
  url      = {https://www.inter-nauka.com/issues/2026/2/11906}
}

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