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Russia lagged far behind its western competitors in
industrial and technological capacity
why did Russia have to industrialise?
to have any hope of matching countries like the USA,Germany, Britain, France and maintain its world power status
what did the Crimean war show?
a strong industrial base was needed to provide the military with equipment requirement for modern warfare
1880-1914 gov was highly focused on producing?
ships,weapons, munitions and related materials
who came up with industrialisation policies
Sergei Witte, Finance minister 1892-1903
what were Witte’s motives behind his industrialisation policies?
to allow Russia to catch up with the more developed powers
what type of country was russia?
a poor, backward agricultural country where many of the peasants relied on subsistence farming
russia’s dependence on agriculture left it subject to
the vagaries (unpredictability) of the weather and harvests
Russia needed to develop its own resources such as
huge reserves of oil,iron,coal and timber = build an industrial base to produce manufactured good rather than rely on imports
russia also needed to take surplus labour off?
the overcrowded land and generate more wealth
