ЕCONOMIC POLICY OF RUSSIAN STATE CONCERNING TO THE LIGHT INDUSTRY IN THE UKRAINIAN PROVINCES IN THE XIX – EARLY XX CENTURY

Abstract

The article gives information about the economic policy of the Russian Empire concerning to the light industry in the second half of the ХІХ – early ХХ century. It was shown the effect of government measures that had done a long influence on the development of the light industry in the Ukrainian provincec. It was pointed out that the policy of the customs tariffs and patronage in the post-reformed days contributed to the rapid development of the light industry. It was presented the point of the protectionist policy that was carring by the government in the interests of Russian manufacturers and eventually led to the acceleration of the production concentration and the arising of the monopolistic conspiracies.