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

Industrialization in the Russian Empire Industrialization in the Russian Empire saw the development of an industrial economy, whereby labor productivity increased and the demand for industrial goods was partially provided from within the empire. Industrialization in the Russian Empire w ...

. In 1840 the

Manchester Manchester () is a city and the metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester, England. It had an estimated population of in . Greater Manchester is the third-most populous metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, with a population of 2.92&nbs ...

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

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with Ludwig Knoop as his assistant. At the time Manchester was known as

Cottonopolis Cottonopolis was a 19th-century nickname for Manchester, as it was a metropolis and the centre of the cotton industry. Background Early cotton mills powered by water were built in Lancashire and its neighbouring counties. In 1781 Richard Ar ...

, and De Jersey and Co. played a major role in developing the cotton industry in the Russian Empire. The first large scale cotton printing and dye works was established in 1753 by two English business men, William Chamberlain and Richard Cozzens with the aid of state subsidies. In 1895 the Russian Technical Society criticized Knoop for holding back the Russian textile industry by exclusively importing English

textile machinery Textile manufacturing or textile engineering is a major Textile industry, industry. It is largely based on the conversion of fibre into yarn, then yarn into fabric. These are then Dyeing, dyed or printed, fabricated into cloth which is then con ...

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