1 Agriculture 1855-1894

Question 1

Agriculture production was ____ during the 1860s and 1880

Answer 1

Stagnant

Question 2

Why did the practise of agriculture change little following the emancipation?

Answer 2

Peasants remained under the influence of the Mir, continued to use the strip-system, and yields remained low
Land hunger - less than 4 hectares each
Redemption payments and Nobility debt meant little could be invested into agriculture - everyone was broke

Question 3

The _____ were more progressive

Answer 3

Baltic states

Question 4

Peasant Land Banks

Answer 4

1883

Question 5

How much land did peasants lose on average from the emancipation?

Answer 5

4.1%
Ukraine 30%

Question 6

What was the fundamental problem causing Land Hunger?

Answer 6

There was not enough quality land available

Question 7

Increase in grain exports

Answer 7

18% increase as a percentage of Russian exports from 1881 to 1891

Question 8

Great famine

Answer 8

1891 to 1892 (350,000)