Industry

Abstract

The history of the Russian industry, from the nineteenth century to the present day, is a narrative of the rise and fall of a unique civilization. The narrative shows the transformation of a huge agrarian country into a formidable military power equipped with sophisticated technology and how it remained powerful for a limited time. The living standards of the population did not advance with the country’s armed forces, and, eventually, public dissatisfaction caused the regime to collapse. This chapter discusses the Russian industry’s history from a statistical perspective. We describe industrial development during the Russian Empire, the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, and the newly born Russian Federation, showing relevant statistics and illuminating the characteristics of industrial statistics in respective ages.