Sergei Witte

-Finance minister from 1892-1903, he later became the prime minister

-He was fully committed to the modernisation of Russia and had a background in railway admin.

-He believed that Vshnegradskys policies had essentially been correct and that economic growth was the only way to improve the country as a whole including standards of living and reducing the amount of civil unrest. 

-He identified Russia's key problems as being

   * Lack…