The policy of the tsarist government directed to the revival of the mining-metallurgical complex of Donetsk-Prydniprovsk region after the world crisis of 1900–1903

The last decade of the 19 th century was characterized by the rapid development of the ining and metallurgical branches of industry in Donetsk-Prydniprovsk region. The aim of the article is to analyze the protective actions of the tsarist government directed to the development of Donetsk-Prydniprovsk region at the end of the 19 th century. In the 90-s of the 19 th century there were favorable conditions for the development of the national mining and metallurgical branches of industry. The development of mining industry was very important for other branches of industry because they depended on it. At that time branch technical press published laws and orders of the government interested in the development of the mining and metallurgical branches of industry. One of the aspects of the government activity may be called administrative-organizational. The tsarist government paid much attention not only to the development of mining branch of industry but also to the development of the metallurgical one. Thus in the 90-s of the 19 th century the formation of Donetsk-Prydniprovsk region continued. Technical branch journals elucidated and discussed the activity of the tsarist government and mining manufacturers directed to the development of the mining and metallurgical branches of industry. The protective policy of the government, customs policy, investments of foreign capital supported the development and modernization of the national industry. Due to the protective policy of the government, efforts of the mining manufacturers the state of the mining and metallurgical branches of industry improved and Donetsk-Prydniprovsk region became the leading industrial one in the Russian empire.