The term "Russian Manchester" is a historical moniker given to a Russian city that was a major center for textile production, analogous to the status of Manchester in the United Kingdom during the Industrial Revolution.
Russian Manchester is
Asked in Government Polytechnic Exam 2012 · Topic: Russian Revolution and the Rise of USSR (Conditions in Tsarist Russia: Social, Economic, and Political unrest)
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