title: Socio-economic management during World War I and revolution
metadata.name: dc.contributor.author
metadata.value: Potkina, Irina V.
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metadata.name: dc.date.accessioned
metadata.value: 2018-01-23T15:28:04Z
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metadata.name: dc.date.available
metadata.value: 2018-01-23T15:28:04Z
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metadata.name: dc.date.issued
metadata.value: 2017-12
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metadata.name: dc.identifier.citation
metadata.value: Potkina I. V. Socio-economic management during World War I and revolution. Vestnik of Saint Petersburg University. History, 2017, vol. 62, issue 4, pp. 717–735.
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.identifier.other
metadata.value: 10.21638/11701/spbu02.2017.404
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metadata.name: dc.identifier.uri
metadata.value: http://hdl.handle.net/11701/8910
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metadata.name: dc.description.abstract
metadata.value: The article reviewed some aspects of management of the Russian economy during the First World
  War. Based on the analysis of executive legislation published in the ‘Collection of Laws and Orders of
  Government’ between 1914 and 1917, the author reveals Tsarist administration’s measures of targeted
  social assistance for the population and support for stability of the financial system. Special attention is
  focused on the problem of the payment of benefits, pensions and allowances to men-at-arms and their
  families. The author shed light on the scale of the governmental agencies’ actions and main results of
  activities in the social sphere. This article also analyzes a number of measures taken in the regulation of the financial system: bill moratorium, promotion of credit institutions, concessional lending of
  enterprises, currency circulation and banknote printing policy, flotation of internal and external loans.
  The analysis of regulatory legal acts led the author to conclude that the measures of social and financial
  policy adopted by the government were logically interconnected. It is shown that Russia adhered to the
  rules for financing military expenditures accepted by all European countries. Drawing on the works
  of pre-revolutionary and modern Russian researchers, the author considers that the deterioration of
  the overall socio-economic situation in the country, rampant inflation and the disorder of currency
  circulation occurred in the year 1916. At the same time, Russia came closest to financial collapse in a
  short period of time under the power of the liberal Provisional Government, which, nevertheless, in
  many matters adhered to the policy of the overthrown regime. This applies in particular to the problem
  of the currency issue that took place in 1917, when the printing presses were fully operational. The main
  conclusion of the author comes down to the fact that the Russian government, when it came to regulating
  the economy, generally coped well with its duties. However, it failed to establish a public dialogue in the
  country and prevent discontent among the revolutionary-minded sections of society. Refs 29. Table 1.
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.description.sponsorship
metadata.value: Исследование выполнено при финансовой поддержке РГНФ в рамках научного проекта «Государственное регулирование российской экономики в годы Первой мировой войны» № 15-01-00028.
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.language.iso
metadata.value: ru
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.publisher
metadata.value: St Petersburg State University
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.relation.ispartofseries
metadata.value: Vestnik of St Petersburg University. History;Volume 62; Issue 4
metadata.lang: -
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: World War I
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: management of the economy
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: social policy
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: pensions and benefits
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: financial policy
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: banking support
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.title
metadata.value: Socio-economic management during World War I and revolution
metadata.lang: en_GB
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metadata.value: Article
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