Prodvagon ( "Society for the sale of Russian car-building plants" ) - the industrial territorial syndicate (1904-1918) of the Russian Empire in the form of a joint-stock company. It was founded in 1904 . One of the largest monopolistic associations of the Russian Empire in the heavy industry. Nationalized by the Bolsheviks in 1918 .
| Prodvagon, a society for the sale of products of Russian car-building plants | |
|---|---|
| Type of | syndicate |
| Base | 1904 year |
| Abolished | 1918 year |
| Successor | not |
| Products | products of Russian car-building plants |
Content
History
Creation
The Prodwagon Society arose in 1904 with the aim of regulating orders for cars in the Russian Empire [1] . The charter of the company was approved in July 1904, and it began to operate in 1906 [2] .
Governing Bodies
Prodwagon had its own general meeting, authorized to determine the tactics and strategy of the syndicate, as well as a board that resolved current issues. The fixed capital of the company amounted to 2 million rubles of the Russian Empire, in addition, there were working and reserve capital [1] .
Syndicate Composition
Prodwagon united 13 enterprises of the industry, among which the main place was occupied by the Nikolaev plant , the Society of the Bryansk plant and the Russian-Baltic Carriage Works [1] . Also, it included other large factories of the industry, except for the Kiev machine-building plant. The syndicate collaborated with the Committee for the distribution of orders for rails, fasteners and rolling stock for railways (1902-1914). Relations between syndicate participants and the syndicate as a whole were regulated by individual agreements [3] .
Results
Initially, Prodvagon concentrated 88% of the total output of wagons. Almost all the railways in the southwestern part of the Russian Empire were equipped with equipment manufactured by Prodwagon. In 1905, Prodvagon’s share in meeting state and private needs was 95.8%, in 1907 - 93.7%, in 1909 - 89.7%, in 1911 - 97% [1] . In the period from 1909 to 1913 and during the First World War, the output of wagons decreased [2] .
Termination
In 1918, the property of the syndicate was nationalized by the Bolsheviks [4] , and its apparatus was partially used by the Soviet authorities for some time [3] .
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 Mashkin O. M. "Prodwagon." Fellowship of trading virobes of Russian car-wagon factories // Encyclopedia of History of Ukraine. At 10 t. / Redkol V.A. Smoliy ta іn. - Institute of History of Ukraine, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine . - Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, 2012. - T. 9. Pril-S. - 944 p. - 5,000 copies. - ISBN 978-966-00-1290-5 .
- ↑ 1 2 Prodwagon // Great Soviet Encyclopedia . - M .: Soviet Encyclopedia, 1969-1978.
- ↑ 1 2 Prodwagon // Soviet Historical Encyclopedia / Ed. E. M. Zhukova .. - M .: Soviet Encyclopedia, 1973-1982.
- ↑ Prodwagon . Great Encyclopedic Dictionary . Date of appeal September 15, 2013.