This article is dedicated to the problem of the Russian entrepreneurship development through the historical context of traditions, attitudes and mentality change. It embraces the vast period of the so called "Russian-Soviet-Russian" economic history stressing the entrepreneurship continuity.

Are entrepreneurs in rural areas of Russia and the Ukraine any different from their urban based counterparts? What are the implications of the distinctiveness of rural entrepreneurship upon the institutional setting - given the weakness of the State? We focus upon the experience of rural areas...