Industrialization in Russia

-The Russian government promoted industrialization because they thought the use of railroads would be beneficial
-Many railroads were built throughout Russia, but the most important one was the trans-Siberian line that connected Moscow with a part of Vladivostock
-When Count Sergei Witte became a finance minister, he encouraged the reformation of commercial law that protected industries and supported the building of engineering schools
-He allowed foreign investors to come to Russia and inform the Russians about capitalism
-And by the time the 1900's came around, Russia was already producing half of the worlds oil
-They had a great reputation for steel production, in fact they were ranked fourth in the world
-Russia also had a large coal and iron industry