You ask some really great questions! Prokudin-Gorskii’s photographs of people in their town or job are some of the most interesting for the questions they raise. I recommend checking out Kathryn’s post, “A shifting world captured in an industrial town”, and comparing the differences between the young girl in Toporina and the Kalgonov family in Zlatoust. Hopefully, through this class you can learn more about the context this girl is living in, and if it ever gets better for her. Good first post!
Author: scmaclay
Comment on Importance of Early Steam Engines and Railways by scmaclay
You did a great job hitting three major points on how railroads influenced Russia. Economically, they aided Russian industrialization in a primarily agrarian economy. Militarily, railroads allowed for rapid mobilization of forces. Germany strategy in World War I relied heavily on Russia failing to get troops on the front. Politically, they were used to spread the message of revolution to the far corners of Russia. Great post!
