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Contents -- Part I. Industrial Russia Before 1860 -- Part II. The State and Industrial Development -- Part III. Private Industrial Enterprise -- Part IV. Transportation -- Part V. Technology -- Conclusion -- Glossary -- Appendices (Tables) -- Bibliography -- Index.

The origins of modern Moscow can be traced to the early nineteenth century, when smokestacks began to supplement church cupolas on the city's skyline and the forsaken palaces of boyars were being converted into factories or homes of wealthy merchants. Pushkin observed this process with a mixture of romantic nostalgia and patriotic optimism as early as 1834. The old Orthodox and national shrine of Russia was starting its evolution as a major industrial center of the Empire. Along with this, however, came a later chapter of Russian religious history. Moscow during this same period also became a center of the Old Believers; Raskolniki, scattered for over a century on the frontiers of Russia, began to flock back to the ancient capital.