Date: 1915
Source: Lenin Miscellany, Volume 27
Pages: 137–140

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[WALDECKER’S ARTICLE IN CONRAD’S “JAHRBÜCHER” ON A. N. ZAK’S BOOK
“GERMANS AND GERMAN CAPITAL IN RUSSIAN
INDUSTRY”]
“Jahrbücher” (Conrad’s) für Nationalökonomie etc.
4 2
Third Series. Vol. 49 (1915.1), p. 351.
A short article (in Miszellen **) by Waldecker on the Russian book by A. N.
Z a k : “Germans and German Capital in Russian Industry”
(St. Petersburg, 1914) — (Zak = director of the central bank of mutual
credit societies).
Total joint-stock capital in Russia:
Russian
Foreign
Total
1903 — 41.7 million rubles + 16.8
=
58., 1904 — — 92.5
26.7
119., /declin-\ 1905
 
 
64.3
8.0
72., \ ing / 1910 ------------ 190.5
33.7
224.,

371.,
30.3
401.5 number of Russian companies. . .1,237 capital = 410.3 (“operat-
of foreign...

ing” in Russia)
The head offices of these companies are located in
Germany
24 companies
Switzerland . . 6
Sweden

”
Italy . .

England 

Austria . . . 

Holland . . . . 

Turkey . . 

Belgium . . 

U. S. A.’ **
. 6
France . . .

Zav
[

]

Branches of industry:
f G f million rubles
1) Metallurgical................20 (1912)
5.6
2) Machine-building . . . 11.5
3) Mechanical.........................33.6
4) Soda..................................... 1/2 of all capital
5) Electrical.........................50
6) Electrotechnical.............57
7) Leuchtgas.................................. 12.5 = 71.8%
of all capital;
+ 12.,% French
+ 7.4% Belgian]
+ ®'2®/о RUSSIAN
8) Kerosene (Deutsche Bank) . . 20
9) Textile............................(34–50%
in Moscow gub. and Baltic gub.).
2J the author does not have

ON A. N. ZAK’S BOOK “GERMANS AND GERMAN CAP. IN RUSS. IND.”
Branches of industry:
NGpTyaI/ '
Its profit capital g million rubles
1) Metallurgical................20 (1912)
5.5
2) Machine-building . . . . 11.5
3) Mechanical.........................33.5
4) Soda..................................... 1/2 of all capital
5) Electrical.........................50
6) Electrotechnical

7) Illuminating gas......................12.5 = 71.8%
of all capital;
+ 12.6% French
+ 7.4% Belgian
+
 8.2% Russian
3)
Kerosene (Deutsche Bank) . 20
9)
Textile..........................(34–50% in Moscow gub. and Baltic gub.).
The author does not provide totals.