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Railway Trackage 2x
Coal 183m - 671m
France 1/4 foreign capital and British 23%
State control 70% railways, held extensive holdings and bought 2/3 of metallurgical productionForeign investment 280m to 2000mNew Rouble backed by Au to strengthen and encourage foreign confidence and investmentFurther injection of money to make good the losses of the Russo Japanese war and re-equip the army59,616km railways and 66% state-owned
Helped to open up interior and allow extensice exploitation of raw matierals
Linked grain-growing areas to Black Sea ports reinforcing export driveSecond largest railway network
62k but US 411kTrans-Siberian Railway
Central European Russia and Moscow with Pacific ocean
7000km
Construction and open up West Siberia for emigration & farmingDonbas Region 87% coal
Krivoi Rog, 74% pig iron
Baku Caspian Sea port, 153m - 570m oil
2nd place in world oil production
4th in Gold mining4th largest producer of coal , pig iron & steel
5th largest industrial powerFactory workers 2x, factories +10kLight industry 40%Stolypin Minister of Internal Affairs
Most farming remained small-scale, in hands of former serfs and state peasants, tied to local mir by redemption dues, heavily taxed and exploited
More land available to buy
Peasants equal rights in local administration
Right to leave commune, collective land ownership by family abolished
New Peasant Land bankAvg holding of land was 28acres from 35Attempted emigration through siberia but insufficient to alleviate growing population on resources
3.5m develop into major agricultural region in dairy and cereals by 1915Mir responsibility to pay taxes removedRedemption payments abolished90% land still in traditional strips, con peasants reluctant to give up security mir provided
90m grain production from 56m tons
10% land transfer from communual to private
Less than 1% achieve Kulak status
50% land in hands of nobilityCereal exporter world leadingПериоды
8% Growth per annum25% income form industrial investmentsRailway growth slowed
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