von reutern - barriers, state promoted etc

Question 1

list 5 barriers to industrialisation

Answer 1

• poor infrastructure
• lack of urban workforce
• lack of entrepreneurs
• lack of domestic market
• lack of capital to invest

Question 2

what is state promoted industrial growth

Answer 2

the government created policies in order for Russian industry to grow

Question 3

list von returns policies

Answer 3

• established state bank
• emancipation
• tax farming abolished
• free trade
• reduced budget deficit
• government subsidies and loans for railway
• encouraged foreign entrepreneurs

Question 4

what is the evidence of success from these policies

Answer 4

grain exports increased by 18%
railway track increased to 17000
iron production doubled
budget surplus by 1892

Question 5

what was the impact of these policies of peasants

Answer 5

• indirect taxation meant prices were high
• high tariffs meant fertiliser was too expensive
• grain requisition meant shortage of food