Theory of American and Prussian variants of capitalism development in Russian agriculture during the XIX and the early XX centuries

This article presents the analysis of the nature of American and Prussian variants of capitalism development in the agricultural sector of the Russian economy, including the Siberian region, during the second half of the XIX and the early XX centuries. This problem is topical in relation to the discussion on the inevitability of the February Revolution of 1917. The aim of the research is to identify specificities and commonalities of American and Prussian variants of capitalism development in agriculture by giving a brief retrospective of the initiation and evolution of two ways of capitalism development in the agricultural sector of the Russian economy and their implementation forms. This matter is examined through the dialectical-materialistic learning method. After studying the issue, the historical place of the Prussian variant of capitalism development in the Russian agriculture is defined as a transitional economic form between forced and farm labour approaches of Russian agricultural production. The specificity of American and Prussian ways of capitalism development in the Siberian region’s agriculture during this period is investigated. These two ways had coexisted there as well as in the European part of Russia until the Revolution of 1917 and the Civil War in the east of the country.