Agriculture

Question 1

Alexander II when was the emancipation edict and when were state owned serfs freed

Answer 1

1861 and 1866

Question 2

Alexander II what was bad about the land allocated to peasants

Answer 2

it was often valued at above market rate

Question 3

Alexander II what were redemption payments

Answer 3

way for peasants to pay for the land which lasted 49 years and 6% p/a

Question 4

Alexander II what was the revolt and what did it suggest. how many died and what date was it

Answer 4

the bezdna revolt suggested emancipation edict did not work and peasants still mistreated 91 died, 1861

Question 5

Alexander II what did the peasant unrest in 1917 sugeest

Answer 5

that the emancipation edict was not massively successful

Question 6

Alexander III when were land captains introduced and what was their role regarding the peasants.

Answer 6

1889, assert authority over zemstva and help control peasants

Question 7

Alexander III when was the peasant land bank set up and what did it do

Answer 7

set up in 1883 and allowed peasants to borrow money cheaply to buy land

Question 8

Alexander III what did he blame the 1891 famine on

Answer 8

poor farming techniques from the peasants

Question 9

Alexander III when was the salt tax abolished

Answer 9

1881

Question 10

Alexander III when was the unfair poll tax abolished

Answer 10

1886

Question 11

Nicholas II what date were stolypins land reforms and why were they implemented

Answer 11

1906-17 after the unrest following the 1905 revolution

Question 12

Nicholas II what was unused land used for

Answer 12

made available to buy through the peasant land bank

Question 13

Nicholas II what did the unused peasant land bank land make it easier for peasants to do

Answer 13

merge plots of land together which could create conservative small farms

Question 14

Nicholas II how many people left the countryside for the cities between what dates

Answer 14

between 1894-1914 2m peasants left the countryside for cities

Question 15

Lenin after the july days what did the bolsheviks claim they were

Answer 15

The party for the peasants and the workers

Question 16

Lenin what did the decree on land do

Answer 16

abolished private property

Question 17

Lenin what did the peasants expect to receive after the decree on land

Answer 17

They were expecting to receive land but the state kept it

Question 18

Lenin what did the cheka enforce during the civil war

Answer 18

grain requisitioning

Question 19

Lenin what group did the cheka execute lots of and why was this

Answer 19

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

Question 20

Lenin who were forcibly conscripted to join into the red army

Answer 20

Peasants were forcibly conscripted to join into the red army

Question 21

Lenin what were the laws like against kulaks during the NEP

Answer 21

they were relaxed but they were still banned from sending their kids to school

Question 22

Stalin when did the collectivisation program start

Answer 22

November 1929

Question 23

Stalin by 1930 what % or peasants lived on collectivised farms

Answer 23

58%

Question 24

Stalin how did peasants resist collectivisation. what happened in Nordic Kazakhstan

Answer 24

peasants resisted collectivisation by killing their animals. in Nordic Kazakhstan the process of collectivisation killed 75% of the population

Question 25

Stalin by 1941 what % of peasants lived on collectivised farms

Answer 25

98%

Question 26

Stalin how many died in the 1932-34 famine what does this suggest

Answer 26

1932-34 7 million suggesting that collectivised farms didnt work

Question 27

Khrushchev what did he want to increase regarding agriculture

Answer 27

production on state farms

Question 28

Khrushchev what did poor harvests between what dates lead to

how many were killed in riots in Novocherkassk in what date

Answer 28

poor harvests in 1962 and 63 led to food riots in towns

23 killed in 1963

Question 29

Khrushchev what did the Virgin land campaign aim to do

Answer 29

use more land in wheat production

Question 30

Khrushchev how many acres were being used in wheat production between what dates

Answer 30

by 1950 96m acres were being used in wheat production. by 1964 in was 165 million

Question 31

Khrushchev why did the virgin land campaign fail

Answer 31

it cut a lot of corners and there was soil erosion in many areas