How Did Stalin Promote Russian Economy

Although Stalin was the key figure for economy Alexander II still had a great input in helping Russia strive. Alexander allowed rapid industrialisation through the construction of railways as they allowed main areas of industrial production, (for example the towns with high agricultural production), to import trading markets. Additionally the system also linked ports onto the Black Sea and so helped enable foreign trade. Also, various tariff reforms were created at first they were lowered to increase foreign trade however as exportation increased the tariffs were raised to prevent trade imbalance and ultimately protect Russia’s economy. Overall, the attempts of creating a ‘liberalised’ economy was fairly successful as between 1860-1890 coal