Economic Developments To 1914 Flashcards
What percent of the population was invoked in the rural economy
80-90%
What happened to average holdings
Fell from 35 acres in 1877 to 28 acres in 1905
How much more grain were British farms producing on the equivalent amount of land
4 times the amount of grain
Which peasants had improved their positions
Kulaks
Stolypin’s land reforms - 1903
Mir no longer responsible for taxes of all peasants in the village
Stolypin’s land reforms - 1906 September
More state and crown land available to buy
Subsidises migration to fertile land in Siberia
Stolypin’s land reforms - 1906 October
Equal right for peasants in local administration
Stolypin’s land reforms - 1906 November
Peasants can leave the commune (Mir)
Land owned by oldest male not the whole family
Peasants can remove their land from collective Mir farming
New peasants land bank created
Stolypin’s land reforms - 1907 January
Redemption payments abolished
Stolypin’s land reforms - 1910 June
Any commune (Mir) that had not redistributed land since 1861 was dissolved
How many years did Stolypin say he needed
20
What happened 8 years after the start of Stolypin’s land reforms
WWI
How many peasants migrated to Siberia in Stolypin’s scheme by 1915
3.5 million
What did Siberia become by 1915
A major producer of cereals and dairy products
What was land owned by peasants in 1905 compared to 1915
1905 - 20%
1915 - nearly 50%
What was grain production in 1900 compared to 1914
1900 - 56 million tons
1914 - 90 million tons
