В статье рассматривается проблема финансирования российским правительством вооруженных сил в начале ХХ в. Изучены противоречия между Военным министерством и Министерством финансов, возникавшие по данному вопросу. Дается оценка роли министра финансов В. Н. Коковцова в обеспечении модернизации российских вооруженных сил денежными ресурсами.
The article is devoted to the relations between the Russian government and the State Duma of the first and second convocation. The process of drafting bills by the Ministry of Finance and their fate in the legislative institution is under consideration.
The object of study is the principles of state economic policy during the reign of Nicholas II. The views and activities of finance ministers S. Yu. Witte, V. N. Kokovtsov and P. L. Bark are considered. The author analyzes the reasons and essence of changes in the economic priorities of the state. During this period, the policy of the Ministry of Finance was characterized by serious fluctuations caused by objective and subjective circumstances.
