The Alexander Program, also known as the Imperial Russian State Economic Project (Императорского Русского государственного экономического проекта, or Imperatorskogo Russkogo Gosudarstvennogo Jekonomicheskogo Proekta, was major program in Russia that extended for over twenty years, between 1810 until 1831. The Program provided loans and tax breaks to local and foreign business to set up shop in the empire, with a particular focus on heavy industry, mines, roads and later railways. in all, over 12 billion rubles were spent through the program, and managed to quickly accelerate the industrialization of Russia to great heights.