Universal History Annotation << Back FOREIGN INVESTMENT IN THE RUSSIAN OIL INDUSTRY (1880s–1910s) S.V. Sergeev The impact of foreign investment on the development of the oil industry in Russia in the late XIX–early XX centuries is considered in this article. The most information deal with the characterization of activity of oil companies included British and French capital, forms and methods of their participation in the production of oil resources. It is demonstrated the data refl ecting the process of monopolization of the domestic oil industry. In the result before The First World War Russian oil market came under control of three major international groups under the auspices of «Branobel», «Royal Dutch Shell» and «Russian General Oil Corporation». Keywords: oil industry; foreign investment; Nobel; Rothschild; «Maikop boom»; «Royal Dutch Shell». Contacts: E-mail: Sergey.V.Sergeev@Lukoil.com Pp. 33-42.