RUSCORP: A Database of Corporations in the Russian Empire, 1700-1914

The RUSCORP database is a body of machine-readable information illuminating the rise of capitalist institutions in tsarist Russia. Specifically, it presents profiles of all for-profit corporations founded in the Russian Empire (except in the Grand Duchy of Finland) from the time of Peter the Great to the eve of World War I. RUSCORP describes the initial state of these companies at the time of their incorporation as well as their condition in 1847, 1869, 1874, 1892, 1905, and 1914. Major items covered by the data include the amount of basic capital, the number and price of shares, the location of headquarters and main operations, industrial classifications of major economic functions, the citizenship, ethnicity, sex, and social status of founders and managers, and tsarist restrictions regarding the ethnicity or citizenship of stockholders, management, and other key employees. The database also contains profiles of all foreign corporations operating in the Russian Empire in 1914.

RUSCORP数据库是一部揭示沙皇俄国资本主义制度崛起的机器可读信息汇编。具体而言，它展示了从彼得大帝时期至第一次世界大战前夕，在俄罗斯帝国（芬兰大公国除外）成立的全部营利性公司的概况。RUSCORP不仅描述了这些公司在成立时的初始状态，还记录了它们在1847年、1869年、1874年、1892年、1905年和1914年的状况。数据中涵盖了包括基本资本总额、股份数量及价格、总部及主要运营地点、主要经济功能的工业分类、创始人及管理人员的国籍、民族、性别和社会地位，以及关于股东、管理层及其他关键员工民族或国籍的沙皇统治时期的限制。此外，数据库还包含了1914年在俄罗斯帝国运营的所有外国公司的概况。