What was offered to foreign investors to encourage investments into Russia?
Government Subsidies
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By mid 1890's how much of the Russian railways were state owned?
80%
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How much did railway trackage increase in Russia?
It doubled
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By 1900 how much of the railways were state owned?
70%
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By 1913 Russia had the worlds _ largest railway network
2nd
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HEAVY INDUSTRY
blah blah blah
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When were the ironwork's in Donetsk set up?
1872
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When was the Naptha extraction company established?
1879
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How much did the Russian economy grow between 1894 and 1913 per annum?
8%
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How much did coal output grow between 1890 to 1900?
180 million puds to 670 million puds
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By when did Russia become the worlds fourth largest economy?
1897
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What region did Witte concentrate on to grow the iron industry?
The Krivoi Region (74% of iron)
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What region did Witte concentrate on to grow the coal industry?
The Donbas Region (87% of coal)
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How much did Russia's oil production increase from 1885 and 1913?
It tripled
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FOREIGN AFFAIRS
blah blah blah
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Why did the Russians attempt to seize the cotton industry?
To capitalise on America's Civil War
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How much of government expenditure was spent of repaying debt?
1/3
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How much of all foreign capital was given by France, Britain, Germany and the USA?
France = 33% - Britain = 23% - Germany = 20% - USA = 5%
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What was the import tax introduced in Russia?
30%
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How much did Russia's grain export increase between 1881 and 1891?
18%
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AGRICULTURE
blah blah blah
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When was the peasants land bank established?
1885
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By ____ ___ nobles owned a business in Moscow and ____ nobles were employed in commerce, transport or industry
By 1885 700 nobles owned a business in Moscow and 2500 nobles were employed in commerce, transport or industry
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What were Stolypin's land reforms? And when were they?
(1906) It redistributed land from strips to individual plots of land to increase the efficiency of farming also it allowed the pesasnts to migrate to Siberia and set up farms there so that there was a less condensed population in the countryside.
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What were the aims of Stolypin's land reforms?
To create more Kulaks, increase the efficiency of farming and ease the overpopulation crisis.
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What were the failures of Stolypin's reforms?
The peasants still used ***** farming due to tradition and people did not trust Stolypin and his Siberian train due to Stolypin's "martial law" after the 1905 revolution which killed 3000 people using the "Stolypin Necktie"
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What did Stolypin announce in 1906 as a result of this hesitancy to adopt the reforms?
That any commune who did not redistribute land would be dissolved.
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Other cards in this set
Card 2
Front
What was offered to foreign investors to encourage investments into Russia?
Back
Government Subsidies
Card 3
Front
By mid 1890's how much of the Russian railways were state owned?
Back
Card 4
Front
How much did railway trackage increase in Russia?
Back
Card 5
Front
By 1900 how much of the railways were state owned?
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