, this was in the russian empire and president of the united states. to america wiltaft said: “your emperort working legislation in your country, in the russian empire, which no other country can boast. of course, the time was wartime and very difficult, but in the russian empire the burden of war was in no way comparable to the trials that were, say, in germany and austria-hungary, in russia they did not starve, in germany they died of starvation million people, a lot of amazing, incomprehensible and absurd things are revealed in our history when you look closely at it. there was a war, but the workers demanded a reduction in the working day, in many countries the working day was 11 hours, in russia 9.5 hours, sometimes 8, in rare, rare cases, but think for yourself, war, all forces thrown into defense, the army... the economy, then it will be a truly amazing, beautiful picture. in 1913 , the russian empire produced 9.4% of the world's gross domestic product. remember, this is not a business at all.