Vestnik of Orenburg State Pedagogical University. Electronic Scientific Journal. 2021. № 4 (40). P. 107—129
HISTORICAL SCIENCES
UDC 94(470.5)“1889/1911”:669.162
Shumkin Georgy Nikolaevich, Candidate of Historical Sciences, Senior Researcher
Institute of History and Archaeology, Ural Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences
LABOR PRODUCTIVITY IN BLAST FURNACE PRODUCTION OF MINING PLANTS OF THE URALS IN THE LATE XIX — EARLY XX CENTURY
Abstract
The article, based on the study of “Collections of statistical information on the mining industry in Russia” shows that over 1889—1911 the labor productivity in the iron-smelting industry of the Urals doubled. The dynamics of growth was influenced by market conditions. Labor productivity growth took place in 1898—1901 and in 1908—1911. It has been established that high labor productivity is characteristic of factories built in sparsely populated areas of northern and southern Urals. The factories in central and western Urals are characterized by average and low labor productivity. Outdated cold blast technology was used in factories with low production rates. Factories with medium and low productivity turned out to be less resistant to deteriorating market conditions.
Key words
Labor productivity, industrialization, industrial revolution, the Urals, mining industry, metallurgy.
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Shumkin G. N. Labor productivity in blast furnace production of mining plants of the Urals in the late XIX — early XX century. Vestnik of Orenburg State Pedagogical University. Electronic Scientific Journal, 2021, no. 4 (40), pp. 107—129. DOI: https://doi.org/10.32516/2303-9922.2021.40.9.