DOI: 10.3886/icpsr09142
title: RUSCORP: A Database of Corporations in the Russian Empire, 1700-1914
title: Archival Version

description: 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.
description: Datasets: 
 
 DS0: Study-Level Files 
 DS1: FLA1700: Master File, 1700-1860 
 DS2: FLA1861: Master File, 1861-1870 
 DS3: FLA1871: Master File, 1871-1880 
 DS4: FLA1881: Master File, 1881-1890 
 DS5: FLA1891: Master File, 1891-1895 
 DS6: FLA1896: Master File, 1896-1898 
 DS7: FLA1899: Master File, 1899-1900 
 DS8: FLA1901: Master File, 1901-1905 
 DS9: FLA1906: Master File, 1906-1908 
 DS10: FLA1909: Master File, 1909-1910 
 DS11: FLA1911: Master File, 1911 
 DS12: FLA1912: Master File, 1912 
 DS13: FLA1913: Master File, 1913 
 DS14: FLB1700: Characteristics of Corporations, 1700-1860 
 DS15: FLB1861: Characteristics of Corporations, 1861-1870 
 DS16: FLB1871: Characteristics of Corporations, 1871-1880 
 DS17: FLB1881: Characteristics of Corporations, 1881-1890 
 DS18: FLB1891: Characteristics of Corporations, 1891-1895 
 DS19: FLB1896: Characteristics of Corporations, 1896-1898 
 DS20: FLB1899: Characteristics of Corporations, 1899-1900 
 DS21: FLB1901: Characteristics of Corporations, 1901-1905 
 DS22: FLB1906: Characteristics of Corporations, 1906-1908 
 DS23: FLB1909: Characteristics of Corporations, 1909-1910 
 DS24: FLB1911: Characteristics of Corporations, 1911 
 DS25: FLB1912: Characteristics of Corporations, 1912 
 DS26: FLB1913: Characteristics of Corporations, 1913 
 DS27: FLC1700: Characteristics of Founders, 1700-1860 
 DS28: FLC1861: Characteristics of Founders, 1861-1870 
 DS29: FLC1871: Characteristics of Founders, 1871-1880 
 DS30: FLC1881: Characteristics of Founders, 1881-1890 
 DS31: FLC1891: Characteristics of Founders, 1891-1895 
 DS32: FLC1896: Characteristics of Founders, 1896-1898 
 DS33: FLC1899: Characteristics of Founders, 1899-1900 
 DS34: FLC1901: Characteristics of Founders, 1901-1905 
 DS35: FLC1906: Characteristics of Founders, 1906-1908 
 DS36: FLC1909: Characteristics of Founders, 1909-1910 
 DS37: FLC1911: Characteristics of Founders, 1911 
 DS38: FLC1912: Characteristics of Founders, 1912 
 DS39: FLC1913: Characteristics of Founders, 1913 
 DS40: FLD1847: Corporations in 1847 
 DS41: FLD1869: Corporations in 1869 
 DS42: FLD1874: Corporations in 1874 
 DS43: FLD1892: Corporations in 1892 
 DS44: FLD1905: Corporations in 1905 
 DS45: FLD1914: Corporations in 1914 
 DS46: FLEA1905: Corporate Managers in 1905, Part A 
 DS47: FLEA1914: Corporate Managers in 1914, Part A 
 DS48: FLEB1905: Corporate Managers in 1905, Part B 
 DS49: FLEB1914: Corporate Managers in 1914, Part B 
 DS50: FLEC1914: Corporate Managers in 1914, Part C 
 DS51: FLED1914: Corporate Managers in 1914, Part D 
 DS52: FLF1914: Foreign Corporations in 1914
description: Parts 1-51 are components of a relational database linked by common identification variables. Parts 1-26 contain information on 4,539 corporations founded under the tsarist regime from 1700 to the end of 1913. Parts 27-39 contain information on the 14,245 founders of the corporations described in Parts 1-26. Parts 40-45 describe the 68, 186, 433, 614, 1,354, and 2,167 Russian corporations surviving to 1847, 1869, 1874, 1892, 1905, and 1914, respectively. Parts 46 and 48 contain information on 5,243 managers of the 1,354 corporations described in Part 44. Parts 47 and 49-51 contain information on 8,093 managers of the 2,167 corporations described in Part 45. Part 52 describes the 262 foreign corporations operating in the Russian Empire in 1914.
description: All for-profit corporations founded in the Russian Empire (except in the Grand Duchy of Finland) during 1700-1913, at the time of their incorporation, and in 1847, 1869, 1874, 1892, 1905, and 1914, plus all foreign corporations operating in the Russian Empire in 1914.
description: Complete enumeration, subject to gaps in the tsarist sources.