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Source: Wikia. Pages: 64. Chapters: Alexander Program, And Broke into Pieces, my Russia, Campus Asius, Chukotka, Communist Russia, Czar of the Russian Empire, Decembrist Russia, Flags of Russia, Greater Russia, Kazachstan, Kiev, Muscovite Empire, Muscovy, Novgorod, Novgorod, Novorossiya, Republic of Russia, Rossiskaya Stat, Rossja Union, Russia, Russia, Russia, Russia, Russia, Russia, Russia, Russia, Russia, Russia, Russia, Russia, Russia, Russia, Russia, Russia, Russia, Russian America, Russian Diaspora, Russian Empire, Russian Empire, Russian Empire, Russian Empire, Russian Empire, Russian FSR, Russian Federation, Russian Federation, Russian Federation, Russian Federation, Russo-Norwegian War, Socialist Russian Federation, Soviet Union, Soviet Union, Tatarstan, The Raging Bear, Treaty of Brest-Litovsk, Trotsky Succeeds Lenin, Tsardom of Russia, Union of Sovereign Proletarian Kingdoms, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, Vladimir-Suzdal. Excerpt: The Alexander Program, also known as the Imperial Russian State Economic Project, was major program in Russia that extended for over twenty years, between 1810 till 1831. The Program provided loans and tax breaks to local and foreign business to set up shop in the empire, with a particular focus on heavy industry, mines, roads and later railways. in all, over 12 billion rubles were spent through the program, and managed to quickly accelerate the industrialization of Russia to great heights. The program was particularily promoted by Czar Alexander I, and it was mostly due to his persistence and influence, managed to get the program started. His successor, Nicholas I, began the process of winding down the program in 1828 due to the high costs and rapidly declining rates of return. However, the program had the effect of establishing a strong foot hold into Russia, and due to the liberation of the serfs in 1809, an enormous pool of labor was available. Poor working conditions and low p...
