User:Underlying lk/Evacuation in the Russian Empire during World War I

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During World War I, several enterprises in the Russian Empire were relocated from areas near the western front to the country's interior.[1] Most of the evacuated freight reached Moscow, the center of Russian rail network.[1] Around 650 enterprises were relocated from Poland and the Baltic provinces, including Russo-Baltic.[2] The city of Riga, then an important manufacturing center, was heavily affected by the evacuation process.[3] The relocation of workers from the provinces to Petrograd contributed to the spread of the Russian Revolution.[3] Other evacuated factories included Kauchuk Works and Provodnik Works, both from Riga.[4]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b Siegelbaum, Lewis H. (1983). The Politics of Industrial Mobilization in Russia, 1914–17: A Study of the War-Industries Committees. Springer. pp. 148–149. ISBN 9781349173167.
  2. ^ Gatrell, Peter (2014). Russia's First World War: A Social and Economic History. Routledge. ISBN 9781317881384.
  3. ^ a b Pethybridge, Roger (1972). The Spread of the Russian Revolution: Essays on 1917. Springer. p. 184. ISBN 9781349013630.
  4. ^ Colton, Timothy J. (1998). Moscow: Governing the Socialist Metropolis. Harvard University Press. p. 73. ISBN 9780674587496.