The Textile sector of Imperial Russia developed significantly in the nineteenth century. It played a significant role in the

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. In 1840 the

Manchester Manchester () is a city in Greater Manchester, England. It had a population of 552,000 in 2021. It is bordered by the Cheshire Plain to the south, the Pennines to the north and east, and the neighbouring city of Salford to the west. The t ...

based company De Jersey & Co. appointed Franz Holzhauer as their agent in

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with

Ludwig Knoop Baron Johann Ludwig von Knoop (15 May 1821, in Bremen – 14 August 1894, in Bremen) was a cotton merchant and entrepreneur from the city-state Free Hanseatic City of Bremen, who became one of the richest entrepreneurs in his time. He was created ...

as his assistant. At the time Manchester was known as

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, and De Jersey and Co. played a major role in developing the cotton industry in the Russian Empire. In 1895 the

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criticized Knoop for holding back the Russian textile industry by exclusively importing

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textile machinery Textile Manufacturing or Textile Engineering is a major industry. It is largely based on the conversion of fibre into yarn, then yarn into fabric. These are then dyed or printed, fabricated into cloth which is then converted into useful goods ...

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