Could Russia have industrialized earlier?

OTL Some parts of Russia were almost feudal up until the 20th century.
Various Tzars (e.g. Peter the Great) encouraged skilled immigrants from industrializing nations like Germany (e.g. Volga Germans). Peter the Great also built Petrograd/Saint Petersburg/Leningrad to open Russian trade with Western Europe.
The challenge is to encourage more technologically-advanced investors during the 19th century.
One motivation for WW1 was a German fear that rapid Russian industrialization would eventually become stronger than the German military-industrial complex.
 
It could be, but would require Russia to be more in line with western countries politically and socially. Best PoV would be Russia occupying the Baltics during the rule of Ivan or a similar ruler and holding it, giving them more exposure to the western world via Germany and Sweden and more of a chance for feudalism to finally die. With that, we might see Russia understanding the U N L I M I T E D P O W E R of industry and becoming industrialized earlier than it did.
 
It could be, but would require Russia to be more in line with western countries politically and socially. Best PoV would be Russia occupying the Baltics during the rule of Ivan or a similar ruler and holding it, giving them more exposure to the western world via Germany and Sweden and more of a chance for feudalism to finally die. With that, we might see Russia understanding the U N L I M I T E D P O W E R of industry and becoming industrialized earlier than it did.

Few issues:
1. “During the rule of Ivan”.... which one? There were 6 rulers of that name (OK, we can discount the last one).
2. “Feudalism” (term seemingly out of fashion nowadays due to the numerous reasons) in what can pass for its more or less “classic” form ceased to exist in the Muscovite state approximately at the same time as in the most advanced parts of the Western Europe: Ivan the Terrible was a contemporary of Elizabeth of England but most of the work (eliminating independent and semi-independent princedoms) had been accomplished during the reign of his grandfather. For all practical purposes absolutism in Russia was established approximately century prior to France. Not to mention that in the Muscovite state “feodalism” should not be confused with its Western analogs: by the XVI century nobility was under much more effective control of the government than its English, French, German or even Spanish equivalents
3. The extensive trade relations with the “West” already existed at the time of Ivan IV and grew even stronger during period when Tsardom did not have an access to the Baltic coast.
4. The notion of “Unlimited power of industry” did not exist in the most of Europe until at least mid-XIX (as was the case with France, in Prussia/Germany industrialization picked up in the 2nd half of the XIX) and even then I doubut about “unlimited” part. Not that in Russia understanding of the benefits of an industry was lacking: by mid-XVIII it was one of the major iron producers in Europe.
 
Few issues:
1. “During the rule of Ivan”.... which one? There were 6 rulers of that name (OK, we can discount the last one).
2. “Feudalism” (term seemingly out of fashion nowadays due to the numerous reasons) in what can pass for its more or less “classic” form ceased to exist in the Muscovite state approximately at the same time as in the most advanced parts of the Western Europe: Ivan the Terrible was a contemporary of Elizabeth of England but most of the work (eliminating independent and semi-independent princedoms) had been accomplished during the reign of his grandfather. For all practical purposes absolutism in Russia was established approximately century prior to France. Not to mention that in the Muscovite state “feodalism” should not be confused with its Western analogs: by the XVI century nobility was under much more effective control of the government than its English, French, German or even Spanish equivalents
3. The extensive trade relations with the “West” already existed at the time of Ivan IV and grew even stronger during period when Tsardom did not have an access to the Baltic coast.
4. The notion of “Unlimited power of industry” did not exist in the most of Europe until at least mid-XIX (as was the case with France, in Prussia/Germany industrialization picked up in the 2nd half of the XIX) and even then I doubut about “unlimited” part. Not that in Russia understanding of the benefits of an industry was lacking: by mid-XVIII it was one of the major iron producers in Europe.

1. The Terrible
2. Feudalism, in my opinion, is a good way to describe the system that existed in Russia at the time.
3. Then why not strengthen it by adding more ports in warmer seas? Closer ports to a market means more trade, more trade means bigger chance of western influence.
4. The unlimited power part was a reference, referring to the famous line uttered by Empire Palpatine I of the Galatic Empire. Industry was not U N L I M I T E D P O W E R, but for Russia, it would be quite powerful.
 
1. The Terrible
2. Feudalism, in my opinion, is a good way to describe the system that existed in Russia at the time.
3. Then why not strengthen it by adding more ports in warmer seas? Closer ports to a market means more trade, more trade means bigger chance of western influence.
4. The unlimited power part was a reference, referring to the famous line uttered by Empire Palpatine I of the Galatic Empire. Industry was not U N L I M I T E D P O W E R, but for Russia, it would be quite powerful.

#1. At the time of Ovan IV Tsardom had an access to the Baltic coast. It was lost under the Romanovs but, surprise, surprise, this loss did not prevent the noticeable growth of the Western contacts, adopting the Western culture(s), importing western specialists, westernization of the Tsardom’s army (well before PI), etc.
#2. “Feudalism” in its “classic” definition did not exist in Russia at any time and, while you are free to hold whatever opinion you want, it surely did not exist by the time of Ivan IV.
#3. Which “warmer seas”? The closest “warm” seas were Azov and Black. Trade on the Baltic Sea continued when the ports were in the Swedish hands and its volume (ditto for the White Sea) was defined by the factors not related to the possession of the ports: Russia did not have suzeable merchant fleet even more than a century after the Baltic conquests.
#4. We are talking about the real history, not the galactic empires and other games. Usefulness of the industries was well understood but there is quite often a gap between understanding something and implementation.
 
Industrialization in the West was accelerated by the change from Mercantilism to licensed Companies and then to Capitalism
 
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