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Czarist russia In the early czarist age/ pre-Revolutionary era Russia was a feudal land system and there was a growing gap between agricultural Russia and industrial Europe. Russia under the czars was growing out of the feudal system, but it was a slow process because the czars were afraid of losing power and control. The czars were just large landowners themselves, so they tried to resist turning Russia into an industrial capitalist state. However the …

…of the czarist rule Russia had organized industrial trade organization, which were brought back during NEP. So there really are few differences between the czars’ rule in Russia and NEP, they had similar philosophies about land and industry. One of the differences that made the NEP slightly more successful was at that time they were willing to go all the way and try to become a market society while the czars were holding back slightly.