Points Flashcards
1
Q
What year did Russia become the 4th largest industrial economy?
A
1897
2
Q
What helped create the middle class?
A
Urban and industrial expansion, increase in educational opportunities, state loans provided opportunities for those enterprising
3
Q
Name three benefits to the expansion of Russian railway?
A
Allowed more extensive exploitation of raw materials.
Reinforced export drive by linking grain-growing areas to Black Sea Ports.
Was a stimulus to development of coal and iron by permitting the development of new industries along the network.
4
Q
How many industrial strikes in towns 1904?
A
90,000
