Agricultural machinery and implements in the economy of a large landowning farms in Russia at the end of the 19th – early 20th century

The peculiarities of technical modernization of the landowning economy, the issues of organization of purchases of agricultural machinery and tools in the Russian Empire in the late 19 – early 20 century are analyzed. The use of agricultural machinery in the context of the problem of the ratio of the cost of hiring labor force is characterized. It is shown that at the beginning of the twentieth century the landed estates achieved considerable success in the matter of technical modernization. The economies were replenished with expensive domestic and foreign-made machinery, mechanization of the main spheres of landlord production was increased. At the same time, the dynamics of consumption and use of the latest equipment depended on the size of estates.