RUSSIA’S TRADING PARTNERS: 100 YEARS AFTER
During the Soviet period, Russia’s 1913 statistics were used as a reference point against which the achievements of the planned-administrative economy of the USSR were evaluated. However, the demise of the Soviet system has made this approach to the economic history of Russia rather obsolete and dysfunctional. As nature abhors a vacuum, economic historians have rapidly begun a quest for new approaches to that issue. In recent years, a number of studies have focused on analyzing the possible alternative routes for Imperial Russia’s economic development in the early 20th century1. It can be said with confidence that only a thorough analysis of Russia’s economic development over long stretches of ?? me can make it possible to identify the key stages and the turning points of her economic history, and to carry out relevant international comparative studies.