title: Economic Preconditions of the Revolutionary Situation in Russia in 1917 (as seen by British and American Sovietologists)
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metadata.value: Boiko, I. V.
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metadata.value: 2020-04-10T08:06:01Z
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metadata.value: 2020-04-10T08:06:01Z
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metadata.value: 2020-03
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metadata.value: Boiko I. V. ‘Economic Preconditions of the Revolutionary Situation in Russia in 1917 (as seen by British and American Sovietologists)’, Modern History of Russia, vol. 10, no. 1, 2020, pp. 8–19.
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metadata.value: https://doi.org/10.21638/11701/spbu24.2020.101
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metadata.value: http://hdl.handle.net/11701/17303
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metadata.value: At the beginning of the 20th century, substantial economic problems accumulating in Russian society
  brought the country to profound political transformations. Industrialization began at the turn of the century and
  required substantial financial resources from expanded grain exports, an important export for foreign markets.
  However, low labor productivity in the Russian agricultural sector, along with unsuccessful reforms and a drastically diminished rural population due to urban migration, temporary harvest failures, and high taxes, squeezed
  the life of agrarians. Consequently, the food supply in the national economy and foreign markets encountered a
  harsh challenge. Despite the urgent need to modernize agricultural production, the main aim of Russian industrialization
  embraced coal production, metallurgy, and transportation, especially railroad construction. Significant
  dependence on foreign supplies of equipment and tools reduced the rate of Russian economic independence
  and became one main constraint on economic modernization. Another problem was substantial state financial
  support for developing industrial and transportation systems, with the construction of the Trans-Siberian Railroad
  as one of the most financially consuming, contributing to the state budget deficit and corruption. The First World
  War revealed substantial economic distortions, especially enormous dependence on foreign aid and low productivity.
  Rapidly spreading economic chaos brought the country to profound political transformations.
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metadata.name: dc.language.iso
metadata.value: ru
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metadata.name: dc.publisher
metadata.value: St Petersburg State University
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metadata.name: dc.relation.ispartofseries
metadata.value: Modern History of Russia;Volume 10; Issue 1
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: agrarian economy
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: foreign trade
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: foreign investments
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: industrialization
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: productivity of labor
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Trans-Siberian Railroad
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metadata.value: Economic Preconditions of the Revolutionary Situation in Russia in 1917 (as seen by British and American Sovietologists)
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metadata.value: Article
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