change and geographical variation Flashcards
the situation began to change after 1880- some peasants were taking advantage of the market in land that had opened up as a result of?
emancipation
peasants could now buy and sell land aided by the creation of?
the peasants’ land bank in 1883
between 1877 and 1905 the amount of land owned by the peasants grew from?
6 million to 21.6 million hectares
by 1905 how much percent of landlord land had been passed to the peasantry?
27%
by 1913 peasant owned how much of arable land?
owned 66% of arable land and rented more
-now argued that yields were higher on peasant land
agricultural production grew rapidly - grain production in particular grew by?
2.1% annually 1883-1914
or by 1.1 million tons per year
it was in the central agricultural region that production was the weakest why?
(amount of land received)
-amount of land received by each peasant household after emancipation was less than previously farmed
it was in the central agricultural region that production was the weakest why?
(communes)
the communes were conservative and used backward agricultural methods
it was in the central agricultural region that production was the weakest why?
(increase in population)
huge increase in population from 50 to 79 million during 1861-97 created pressure on the land. when land was repartitioned households ended up with smaller, less efficient units