Isolation -- Depression Stalinism -- Postwar: the Bretton Woods Cold War -- Aspiration -- Restoration: resuming the relationship with capitalism -- Maelstrom: the decolonization vortex -- Integration -- Conformity and profit: the Soviet economy under American hegemony -- Poor relations: the...

This article is devoted to the development of domestic and foreign trade of Russian Empire during the Patriotic War of 1812. The trade is analyzed as a public sphere which is capable to develop successfully even in the adverse socio- political conditions