economic growth from 1861 to 1894

Question 1

in 1860 how many people were employed in industry

Answer 1

860,000 out of 74 million

Question 2

when was reutern minister of finance?

Answer 2

1862-78

Question 3

what was state debt by 1857

Answer 3

566 million rubles

Question 4

how much did the crimean war cost for russia

Answer 4

64 million rubles

Question 5

who introduced and when was the state bank introduced

Answer 5

reutern 1860

Question 6

when did reutern introduce gov wide accounting and book keeping and how

Answer 6

1862 published a list of revenues and expenses

Question 7

when was the tax farming of vodka abolished

Answer 7

1863

Question 8

how did reutern manage state spending

Answer 8

reduced military spending and invested in railways

Question 9

how much did industrial production grow by per year in the 1880s

Answer 9

6%

Question 10

by 1894 what was russian income compared to uk

Answer 10

67 instead of 273 rubles per capita

Question 11

what was economic growth rate in 1890s

Answer 11

9%

Question 12

how did iron and steel production change 1890-1900

Answer 12

9 to 76 mill poods a year

Question 13

what happened to coal output 1890-1900

Answer 13

tripled

Question 14

how did production of cotton cloth change 1890-1900

Answer 14

2/3

Question 15

by 1900 how much budget spent on foreign debt

Answer 15

20% (10x as much as spent on education)

Question 16

reutern annual average growth rate of railways

Answer 16

6%

Question 17

when did oil extraction in capstan sea begin

Answer 17

1871

Question 18

when we’re ironworks set up in donetsk

Answer 18

1872

Question 19

when did naphtha extraction company established by nobel brothers begin

Answer 19

1879

Question 20

how much gov expense went on debt repayments reutern

Answer 20

1/3

Question 21

what percent of gov revenue came from indirect taxing

Answer 21

66%

Question 22

when we’re the tariff reductions reversed reutern

Answer 22

1878

Question 23

when was state bank introduced

Answer 23

1860

Question 24

when was municipal bank

Answer 24

1862

Question 25

when was savings bank

Answer 25

1869

Question 26

when we’re import duties reduced

Answer 26

1863

Question 27

when did vyshnegradsky raise taxes

Answer 27

1887

Question 28

what was the tax on imported raw materials

Answer 28

30%

Question 29

when we’re french loans negotiated

Answer 29

1888

Question 30

how much did grain export increase 1881-91

Answer 30

18%

Question 31

when was russian budget in surplus

Answer 31

1892

Question 32

when we’re bad harvest for famine

Answer 32

1891-2

Question 33

how many people died from famine

Answer 33

350,000

Question 34

when was agriculture production strongest

Answer 34

1860s and 80s

Question 35

how much did land owned by peasants raise from 1877-1900s

Answer 35

6 mil to 21.6 mil

Question 36

where was agriculture backwards

Answer 36

central region

Question 37

what was the pop increase 1861-97

Answer 37

50-79 mil

Question 38

how much did potato production increase by

Answer 38

43%

Question 39

when was peasant land bank introduced

Answer 39

1883

Question 40

when was poll tax abolished

Answer 40

1886

Question 41

how much did peasant land bank help peasants buy land

Answer 41

20%

Question 42

how much did grain production increase by annually 1883-1914

Answer 42

2.1%