Industrialisation 0.0 / 5 ? HistoryRussia - 19th and 20th centuryA2/A-levelOCR Created by: rismeadCreated on: 18-05-18 12:32 1862 Mikhail Reutern becomes minister of finance 1 of 47 1887 J.J. Hughes employed as manafacture of the armour plate for the Russian government 2 of 47 1884 New Russian Coal, Iron and Railmaking Company becomes largest producer of pig iron 3 of 47 1904 Yuzovo is established as a representation of foreign expertise 4 of 47 1851 Moscow to St Petersburg line opened 5 of 47 1862 Reutern builds on the foundation of railway construction = starts at 2194 miles 6 of 47 1878 13979 miles of railway track 7 of 47 1880 94% of railway lines are put into public hands 8 of 47 1878 Reutern ends his post as minister of finance 9 of 47 1878 Russo-Turkish war ends with Reutern being dropped from his position 10 of 47 1882 Nikolay Bunge becomes the minister of finance 11 of 47 1886 Nikolay Bunge is forced to step down 12 of 47 1883 Creation of the Peasant Land Bank 13 of 47 1881 Abolition of the Salt Tax 14 of 47 1886 Abolition of the poll tax 15 of 47 mid 1880s The value of the Russian rouble drops dramatically 16 of 47 1911 Due to greater state ownership of railways, 69% under public hands 17 of 47 1887 Ivan Vyshnegraskii becomes minister of finance 18 of 47 1992 Ivan Vyshnegradskii is forced to give his position to Sergei Witte 19 of 47 1891 Medele'ev tariff 20 of 47 early 1890s Russia gains income from taxes, railways, crown properties, the state bank and treasury 21 of 47 1891 Famine 22 of 47 1893 The beginning of the Great Spurt 23 of 47 1897 Russian rouble put on gold standard 24 of 47 1893 Industry = 42 million roubles 25 of 47 1897 Industry = 161 million roubles 26 of 47 1900 Russia ousts France to fourth place in iron production 27 of 47 1903 Witte pays scant attention to agriculture and is sacked 28 of 47 1903 Beginning of expansionist foreign policy 29 of 47 1905 Stolypin becomes minister of finance 30 of 47 1905 Prime minister Witte 31 of 47 1909-1913 Industrial output increases 7% per year 32 of 47 1917 Romanov dynasty abdicates 33 of 47 November 1917 Decree of Land = division of private landholdings that were then handed over to peasants 34 of 47 November 1918 Decree on Workers' Control = workers' committees were given extra powers to run factories 35 of 47 December 1917 Formation of the Supreme Economic Council = key industries nationalised 36 of 47 1917 Civil war dampens economic activity and war communism enforced 37 of 47 1921 War communism ends, replaced by NEP 38 of 47 1923 Nepmen responsible for 60% of retail trade 39 of 47 1929 First Five Year Plan 40 of 47 1921 Grain harvest (27.6 million tonnes) 41 of 47 1921 Coal (8.9 million tonnes) 42 of 47 1921 Steel (183k tonnes) 43 of 47 1926 Grain harvest (76.8 million tonnes) 44 of 47 1926 Coal (27.6 million tonnes) 45 of 47 1926 Steel (3.1 million tonnes) 46 of 47 1954 Virgin Land campaign 47 of 47
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