definitions Flashcards
emancipation of the serfs; impact
1861
Freed serfs
- 2 year transition period whilst settlements calculated
- amount of land received was often smaller than they had - especially in fertile areas
- redemption dues over 49 years,
- not domestic serfs,
Industrial failure; migration as flow of peasants between towns restricted by the Mir.
agricultural failure; Mir promoted traditional farming methods; limiting production - 1900 Russian productivity 25% of UK
emancipation of the serfs; liberal?
No;
Modernisation aim; migration to the cities and an increase in agricultural production.
ev. replace landlord with Mir; no evidence of liberality or freedom
Zemstva; impact
1864
regional council; elected members
- district & provincial dominated by nobility
- zemstva diverted reformist nobility attention from central gov., couldn’t discuss political only parochial
Education; impact
change curriculum and allow private schools
spread of western ideas; ideological opposition
Education; liberal?
Modernisation attempt; improve people’s skills and economic modernisation
russification; impact
1881
Jewish pograms
used to control national minorities
land captains; impact
1889
land owners appointed to supervise zemstva
land captains; liberal?
no monitor behavior in zemstva thus limiting judiciary liberalisation
land bank; impact
cheap loans for land purchase; let peasants borrow money at cheap rates
october manifesto
1905 blueprint for elective government that revolves around Duma
october manifeto liberal?
forced on tsar as result of economic crisis and russo-japanese war; Duma role reduced
fundamental laws
1906
basic laws enforce ideology underpinning tsarist rule
fundamental laws liberal?
attempt to water down effects of reforms
duma
1906
elected parliament; small range of population could vote
by 1917 no more than a talking shop
