Abstract
The article provides an overview of the activities of the Minister of Finance of the Russian Empire I.A. Vyshnegradsky aimed at overcoming the consequences of crop failures of 1891-1892 and the disorder of public finances. Such measures as the allocation of significant funds for the purchase of bread for the starving population, the reduction of railway tariffs for the transportation of goods to the affected provinces, the provision of benefits to borrowers of state-owned credit institutions, the prohibition of grain exports abroad, the organization and conduct of public works, the additional issue of credit cards to fill the channels of monetary circulation, the conclusion of an external "golden" loan, limiting departmental spending in order to reduce the budget deficit, stop the fall of the ruble and Russian securities. It is concluded that, despite some shortcomings and failures of anti-crisis policy, government measures have played a significant role in the fight against hunger.
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