Features of Landowner’s Farm Development in Russia During the Years of the First World War

Relevance. This article examines the main trends in the development of the landlord economy in Russia during the First World War. The world war with its large-scale military mobilizations, closed borders and, as a result, inaccessibility of world agricultural markets put the country's landlord economy in new conditions of its existence. The state and the zemstvo bodies, realizing the importance of the landlord economy for the country's defense capability and economy, tried to provide them with all possible assistance with labor force and food purchases. Unfortunately, the landowners' farms, which can rightly be called "food factories", were forcibly destroyed during the revolutionary events of 1917 and the civil war, and their rich experience was senselessly forgotten. At the present time, when farms with different forms of ownership function in Russia, the rich economic heritage of advanced landlord farms can become an interesting material for their successful development.
The purpose research is the study of the features of the development of the landlord economy in Russia during the First World War.
Objectives we will formulate our scientific research as follows: to analyze the historical materials related to the functioning of the landlord economy in the difficult conditions of the First World War; consider the potential of the landlord economy and the prospects for its further development as an economic entity.
Methodology. Methodology research served: the principle of historicism; methods of objectivity and scientificness; chronological, historical and comparative approaches.
Results. Allowed to draw certain conclusions about the features of the development of the landlord economy in Russia during the First World War.
Conclusion. Thus, during the First World War, the landlord economy of Russia faced a number of difficulties, the most important of which was the provision of an accessible labor force in the conditions of mass military mobilizations. Possessing significant production potential during the First World War, it acted as a reliable supplier of agricultural products for the country's domestic market.

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