User:Underlying lk/Evacuation in the Russian Empire during World War I

During World War I, several enterprises in the Russian Empire were relocated from areas near the western front to the country's interior. Most of the evacuated freight reached Moscow, the center of Russian rail network. Around 650 enterprises were relocated from Poland and the Baltic provinces, including Russo-Baltic. The city of Riga, then an important manufacturing center, was heavily affected by the evacuation process. The relocation of workers from the provinces to Petrograd contributed to the spread of the Russian Revolution. Other evacuated factories included Kauchuk Works and Provodnik Works, both from Riga.