Agriculture Flashcards
Alexander II when was the emancipation edict and when were state owned serfs freed
1861 and 1866
Alexander II what was bad about the land allocated to peasants
it was often valued at above market rate
Alexander II what were redemption payments
way for peasants to pay for the land which lasted 49 years and 6% p/a
Alexander II what was the revolt and what did it suggest. how many died and what date was it
the bezdna revolt suggested emancipation edict did not work and peasants still mistreated 91 died, 1861
Alexander II what did the peasant unrest in 1917 sugeest
that the emancipation edict was not massively successful
Alexander III when were land captains introduced and what was their role regarding the peasants.
1889, assert authority over zemstva and help control peasants
Alexander III when was the peasant land bank set up and what did it do
set up in 1883 and allowed peasants to borrow money cheaply to buy land
Alexander III what did he blame the 1891 famine on
poor farming techniques from the peasants
Alexander III when was the salt tax abolished
1881
Alexander III when was the unfair poll tax abolished
1886
Nicholas II what date were stolypins land reforms and why were they implemented
1906-17 after the unrest following the 1905 revolution
Nicholas II what was unused land used for
made available to buy through the peasant land bank
Nicholas II what did the unused peasant land bank land make it easier for peasants to do
merge plots of land together which could create conservative small farms
Nicholas II how many people left the countryside for the cities between what dates
between 1894-1914 2m peasants left the countryside for cities
Lenin after the july days what did the bolsheviks claim they were
The party for the peasants and the workers
Lenin what did the decree on land do
abolished private property
Lenin what did the peasants expect to receive after the decree on land
They were expecting to receive land but the state kept it
Lenin what did the cheka enforce during the civil war
grain requisitioning
Lenin what group did the cheka execute lots of and why was this
they executed peasants who were considered kulaks as they were blamed for food shortages . The idea is that they are hoarding food to sell it when the price is right
Lenin who were forcibly conscripted to join into the red army
Peasants were forcibly conscripted to join into the red army
Lenin what were the laws like against kulaks during the NEP
they were relaxed but they were still banned from sending their kids to school
Stalin when did the collectivisation program start
November 1929
Stalin by 1930 what % or peasants lived on collectivised farms
58%
Stalin how did peasants resist collectivisation. what happened in Nordic Kazakhstan
peasants resisted collectivisation by killing their animals. in Nordic Kazakhstan the process of collectivisation killed 75% of the population
