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  2. Industrialization in the Russian Empire - Wikipedia

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    The volume of industrial production in Russia in 1913 amounted to 6938.9 million rubles. [8] In 1913, Russia's share in world industry was 5.3% (fifth place in the world). [9] [10] Shares of Russia, United States, Great Britain, Germany and France in world industrial production (in%) [11]

  3. Economy of the Russian Empire - Wikipedia

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    In general, the peasants bought not only land, but also the value of serf labor, which enabled the state to cash in on the redemption operation. Unlike Austria and Prussia, the Russian government did not invest a single ruble in agrarian reform, but managed to make the redemption operation beneficial to the state. The debts of the landowners ...

  4. Industrialization in the Soviet Union - Wikipedia

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    Because of this, industrialization could not feed solely on enthusiasm and demanded a series of compulsory measures. [43] [53] Since October 1930, the free movement of labor was prohibited and criminal penalties were imposed for violations of labor discipline and negligence. Since 1931, workers had become responsible for damage to equipment. [43]

  5. History of the Soviet Union (1927–1953) - Wikipedia

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    Unemployment had been a problem in late Imperial Russia and even under the NEP, but it ceased being a major factor after the implementation of Stalin's massive industrialization program. The sharp mobilization of resources used in order to industrialize the heretofore agrarian society created a massive need for labor; unemployment virtually ...

  6. 3 reasons why Russia's economy can survive without ... - AOL

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    Russia has solutions to its rising wartime budget and labor shortage, it laid out in new research. Russia's wartime economy could be in it for the long-haul — or at least longer than expected.

  7. History of Russia (1855–1894) - Wikipedia

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    Despite industrialization, Russia was still overwhelmingly rural and backward at the start of World War I. Moscow and Saint Petersburg were the only cities with any significant industry. Since most workers were fresh off the farm and totally uneducated, the main impetus of revolution came from middle-class college graduates frustrated at the ...

  8. History of Russia (1894–1917) - Wikipedia

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    Under Tsar Nicholas II (reigned 1894–1917), the Russian Empire slowly industrialized while repressing opposition from the center and the far-left.During the 1890s Russia's industrial development led to a large increase in the size of the urban middle class and of the working class, which gave rise to a more dynamic political atmosphere. [1]

  9. Deindustrialisation by country - Wikipedia

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    Economists developed two alternative interpretations to explain de-industrialization in Britain. The first was developed by Oxford economists Robert Bacon and Walter Eltis. They argue that the public sector expansion deprived the private sector of sufficient labour and capital. In a word, the government “crowded out” the private sector.