The Private Small-Scale Enterprise "Gornostay" was established by GorbatÑ–uk V.A. in 1996 for the purpose of arranging procurement of rabbit skins from inhabitants and supplying companies. Since the time of its foundation the Private Small-Scale Enterprise "Gornostay" has organized a stable system of procurement of fur raw materials by way of establishing contacts with suppliers from different parts of Ukraine as well as by means of conducting advertising actions among the inhabitants.