Russian export of cotton fabric to Persia in the 19th - early 20th century

The author analyzes the process of conquest of the Persian textile market by Russian producers in the context of acute rivalry with British competitors during the 19th - early 20th century. The author has determined the hindering factor of the Russian textile exports activation during the 19th century; the reasons for the beginning of the increase in the supply of textiles to the Persian market in the last decade of the century; the measures used to improve export conditions and the results that the Russian Empire managed to achieve by the end of the peaceful period of its existence at the beginning of the 20th century. The author comes to the conclusion that since the end of the 19th century the Russian merchants took an active position in the export issue and began to perceive it as a matter of national importance.

foreign trade, economic history, Iran, Russo-Iranian relations