Cultural code on the example of servants in the Russian Empire in the post-reform period

The article is devoted to national, religious, mental and cultural particularities in the field of labor recruitment of servants. Conditionally, the article can be divided into two semantic parts: 1) manifestation of national features in the servant's work; 2) the impact of reforms and laws on the relationship between the employer and employee. As the examples the authors chose Russians, Estonians and Finns (Chukhonts), Latvians, Tatars, Jews, Poles and the peoples of the Caucasus. The task was to show the characteristics and colorful features of the servants of these representatives. After all, the specificity of the work of some national groups was unstated, and its originality had only traditional character. At the same time, Jews had their own rules of interaction in the field of servants' hiring. The examples given in this article clearly illustrate the importance of taking into account the national, religious and cultural practices of peoples for the implementation of mutually beneficial cooperation between employers and workers.