economic growth from 1861 to 1894 Flashcards
in 1860 how many people were employed in industry
860,000 out of 74 million
when was reutern minister of finance?
1862-78
what was state debt by 1857
566 million rubles
how much did the crimean war cost for russia
64 million rubles
who introduced and when was the state bank introduced
reutern 1860
when did reutern introduce gov wide accounting and book keeping and how
1862 published a list of revenues and expenses
when was the tax farming of vodka abolished
1863
how did reutern manage state spending
reduced military spending and invested in railways
how much did industrial production grow by per year in the 1880s
6%
by 1894 what was russian income compared to uk
67 instead of 273 rubles per capita
what was economic growth rate in 1890s
9%
how did iron and steel production change 1890-1900
9 to 76 mill poods a year
what happened to coal output 1890-1900
tripled
how did production of cotton cloth change 1890-1900
2/3
by 1900 how much budget spent on foreign debt
20% (10x as much as spent on education)
reutern annual average growth rate of railways
6%
when did oil extraction in capstan sea begin
1871
when we’re ironworks set up in donetsk
1872
when did naphtha extraction company established by nobel brothers begin
1879
how much gov expense went on debt repayments reutern
1/3
what percent of gov revenue came from indirect taxing
66%
when we’re the tariff reductions reversed reutern
1878
when was state bank introduced
1860
when was municipal bank
1862
when was savings bank
1869
when we’re import duties reduced
1863
when did vyshnegradsky raise taxes
1887
what was the tax on imported raw materials
30%
when we’re french loans negotiated
1888
how much did grain export increase 1881-91
18%
when was russian budget in surplus
1892
when we’re bad harvest for famine
1891-2
how many people died from famine
350,000
when was agriculture production strongest
1860s and 80s
how much did land owned by peasants raise from 1877-1900s
6 mil to 21.6 mil
where was agriculture backwards
central region
what was the pop increase 1861-97
50-79 mil
how much did potato production increase by
43%
when was peasant land bank introduced
1883
when was poll tax abolished
1886
how much did peasant land bank help peasants buy land
20%
how much did grain production increase by annually 1883-1914
2.1%
