Unit 2 Flashcards
1
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Bunge
A
1878-87
2
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Vyshnegradsky
A
1987-92
3
Q
S. Witte
A
1892-1903
4
Q
Rouble to gold standard
A
1897
5
Q
Increase in # factory workers
A
1.3 to 2.6 million (years 1887-1908
6
Q
By 1897 Russia was?
A
4th Largest industrial economy with 8% annual industrial growth rate
7
Q
Coal production
A
3.2 to 25.4 million metric tons
years 1880-1910
8
Q
Crude oil
A
Increase 0.5 to 12.1 million metric tons
years 1880-1910
9
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Railway by 1905
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59,616 km of track
10
Q
Average holding by 1905
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Fell from 35 to 28 acres
11
Q
By 1910 textiles…
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were 40% industrial output
12
Q
Foreign investment rose…
A
from 91 to 911m Roubles
1880-90
13
Q
Tariff Act
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1891;increased tariffs by 33% to protect Russian trade from foreign competition.
14
Q
Grain export increase under Vyshnegrasky
A
1881-91 Grain exports increased by 18%
15
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Population increase
A
70 to 126 million
1855-‘97
