Alexander 3rd - economic reforms and modernizations

Question 1

Nikolai bunge

Answer 1

First finance minister 1881-87

• Introduced important changes - Peasent’s land banks

Question 2

Peasant’s land bank

Answer 2

• Helped purchase farms in 82
• succesful, in 1904 1/3 of nobility land bought by peseants

Question 3

What did bunge try to reduce

Answer 3

appeal of socialism by limited concessions

Question 4

83-85

Answer 4

• Introduced laws to improve working conditions for women and children

Question 5

First russian labour code

Answer 5

• 1886 code further labour legislation concerning inspections of factories, payment, dismissal

Question 6

Ilich vyshnegradsky

Answer 6

Bunge’s replacement

• didn’t care about social reforms and workers right
• Focuse on industrialzing russia

Question 7

Export drive

Answer 7

Huge drive of imprtant french loan to fund industrialization drive

• By 92 russia had budget surplus

Question 8

81-94

Answer 8

Coal production almost doubled

• production of pig iron over doubled

Question 9

Firm policies provided period of stability

Answer 9

• Success
• Allowed Russian state to be strengthened + restore pride

Question 10

Lack of revolutionary disturbances

Answer 10

• Success
• Seen as proof of his repression of oppositions = success
• The 3rd was celebrated as “ great peacemaker”

Question 11

Fragile illuion

Answer 11

Failure

• Repression encouraged growth of more extreme opposition to the tsarists regime

Question 12

Improved government finances

Answer 12

Failure and success

• Bundge’s replacement’s focus on industrialization
• We must go hungry but export

Question 13

Government failure

Answer 13

Failure to respond to suffering caused famine

• 91-2
• caused 1.5M-2M of peasants lives