Industrial policies during the war- Nicholas II and the PG.

Question 1

What policy was the reason for Witte’s dismissal?

Answer 1

The expansionist foreign policy- witte disagreed.

Question 2

Why was Witte’s dismissal short lived?

Answer 2

-Witte appointed prime minister after the Japanese war.

Question 3

What did the GNP increase by between 1909 and 1913?

Answer 3

-3.5%

Question 4

What evidence is there to suggest that Russia was not catching up with the west?

Answer 4

-Russian coal production only 10% of that in Britain.

Question 5

What important thing did not increase with production?

Answer 5

-Productivity.
-Lacked labour, technology and equipment.

Question 6

What did industry realistically look like in Russia?

Answer 6

-workers in small-scale handicraft enterprise.
-masked by the size of the population.

Question 7

What adds further weight to the suggestion that Wittea reforms only had short-term impacts?

Answer 7

-The Russian economy fell apart in the first world war (even with the largest Gold reserve in Europe).

Question 8

What did industry struggle to meet the needs of during the war?

Answer 8

-army
-railways.