RUDN Journal of Russian HistoryRUDN Journal of Russian History2312-86742312-8690Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia named after Patrice Lumumba (RUDN University)3845Export-oriented state industry of Russia in Modernizing Process at the End of 17th - the First Half of the 18th CenturyBogatyrevE DThe Mordovian N.P. Ogarev State University-The Mordovian N.P. Ogarev State University150320093657507092016Copyright © 2009, Bogatyrev E.D.2009The article is devoted to the research of the main tendencies of development of state potash industry in Russia, which was in fact a peculiar export-oriented branch of industry in the period of Peter's modernization. The article studies the tendencies of development of potash industry and reveals its determining factors; measures for increasing the production efficiency at the state manufactures taken bu the Russian government, as well as the ways of production promoting on the foreign market.state industryexport-orientedmodernizing processRussiapotash industryforeign marketказенная промышленностьэкспортно-ориентированнаяРоссияпроизводство поташавнешний рынок