... and further high tariffs were put up in 1822. After 1815 cheap spinning machines and yarn were available from England which helped boost the Russian cotton industry further. The cotton industry was also relatively new which meant it suffered less from the usual restrictions, and by 1850 Russia had the 5th largest cotton industry in the world. This shows that Russia was not totally behind other countries in Europe at this time, but was developing along side them, and progressing instead of reflecting medieval times. In terms of money, Russia was ahead of medieval society due to the introduction of paper money, and coins were no longer based on their metal value as they were in medieval times. Although not a dramatic change, it still shows a clear difference between Russian and medieval society. There are also many significant social differences between Russia and Medieval times. In the 1800s Moscow was ...

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