Economic Problems Flashcards
What was causing food shortages?
The continuation of the war
What was Russia’s continuation in the war unable to end?
Food and fuel shortages
Why had the tsarist government instituted a grain monopoly?
There was a problem with supplying towns with bread
What was a grain monopoly?
The confiscation of grain and other agricultural products from peasants at nominal fixed prices
What did the PG continue because it felt it had no alternative?
The grain monopoly
Why did the continuation of the grain monopoly cause resentment towards the PG by September 1917?
Food prices had been adjusted too late in a period of high inflation
What did this resentment ultimately lead to?
Peasants refusing to part with their produce in the quantities needed
Shutting themselves off from the market and refusing to provide food for anyone outside their village
What became common?
Food riots
Why did food riots become common?
Food prices rose much faster than wages
