Who was responsible for Russia's extensive industrialization?
Tsar Nicholas II
Ivan the Terrible
Sergei Witte
Kaiser Wilhelm
Answer
Sergei Witte was the Finance Minister of Russia from 1892 to 1903, and is largely credited with Russia's extensive industrialization during this period. He introduced a number of reforms that helped to modernize the Russian economy, including the establishment of a state bank, the construction of a trans-Siberian railway, and the introduction of tariffs on imported goods.
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