Under the czars Russia was able extensively expand their railroad system. IN 1861 they had about 2000 kilometers of rail ,by 1913 they had increased the rail line to 70,000 kilometers. The expansion of the rail allowed for the Rus

The czarist government also created a conservative monetary policy that allowed Russia, in 1897, to join the international gold standard. Industry took advantage of their countries backwardness by adopting already existing technology instead of trying to create their own. Industrial outputs at this time increase, grain out put triples, labor force grows and the GDP increases. However even with the major increase Russia is still well behind the other European countries. The czars helped to increase the foreign involvement in Russia through trade and through increase in foreign capital. The last twenty years of the 19th century under the czars saw an impressive growth in the Russian economy and in the economic development.

There are a lot of similarities in the pre-war czarist Russia and the NEP Russia. Under both systems the countries agricultural and industrial output skyrocketed. Both systems implemented private ownership of land and industry. Both systems encouraged foreign trade and investment. However under the czars there was a more encouraging of domestic demand while under NEP they encouraged cheaper foreign industrial products. The taxes were about the same under

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