The Russian Economy

Question 1

What percentage of the Russian population lived in the countryside at the start of the Twentieth century?

Answer 1

85%

Question 2

Name one old fashioned thing about Russian farming at the start of the Twentieth century?

Answer 2

Primitive hand tools

Strip Farming

Question 3

Name one thing that that Tsar’s Minister Count Witte did to develop industry in the early Twentieth century

Answer 3

He invited Foreign companies to inviest in Russia or he invited Foreign experts to come in