Galina Nikolaevna Ulianova,
Dr. Habil., Senior Research Fellow, Institute of Russian History of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia, e-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
The Industrial Statistics of the Russian Empire from 1800 to 1860: Common Data, Regional and Branch Structure, Development Trends in the Pre‑Reform Period
DOI: 10.31518/2618-9100-2023-5-1
This article focuses on the issue of the industrial statistics of the Russian Empire from 1800 to 1860 that remains relatively unexplored due to incomplete primary and secondary statistical data. The essay chronologically covered a long period of six pre-reform decades, characterized with development of all branches of industry (with the dominance of textile branch) and the beginning of industrial revolution. The article is based on various archival and published sources, primarily on the materials of industrial and trade statistics, as well as analytical reviews published by the Ministry of Finance and partially presented as articles in the ’Journal of Manufacturing and Trade’, and the all-Russian and regional industrial exhibitions surveys. Particular attention is given to the representation of large and significant enterprises to illustrate the development trends.
Publishing: 28/10/2023
The article has been received by the editor on 01/07/2023
How to cite: Ulianova G.N. The Industrial Statistics of the Russian Empire from 1800 to 1860: Common Data, Regional and Branch Structure, Development Trends in the Pre‑Reform Period // Historical Courier, 2023, No. 5 (31), pp. 11–36. [Available online: http://istkurier.ru/data/2023/ISTKURIER-2023-5-01.pdf]
Links: Issue 5 2023
Keywords: entrepreneurship; industry; statistics; merchants; nobility; textile factories; Imperial Russia; Moscow; St. Petersburg; Ural; Siberia