Emancipation Edict

Question 1

Emancipation Edict

Answer 1

An Edict passed in 1861 intended to liberate the serfs, but which accomplished little in reality

Question 2

1st Step Emancipation Edict: Freedom

Answer 2

Serfs allowed to travel, run businesses, and own property but had to serve for 2 more years

Question 3

2nd Step: Temporary Obligation

Answer 3

Peasants had to pay rent to their landlords until redeemed their property. Sharecropping for non-domestic serfs.

Question 4

3rd Step: Redemption Operation

Answer 4

Annual payments to landowners with interest rates. Serfs free to leave when they do repayment.

Question 5

Results of EE - Positive Historiography

Answer 5

Terrence Emmons - The greatest policy of the twentieth century

Question 6

Results of EE - Negative Historiography

Answer 6

John Grenville - Nothing more than a cruel joke

Question 7

Results of EE - Neutral Historiography

Answer 7

Ian Crankshaw - Too much, too soon.

Question 8

Winners of EE

Answer 8

Some serf able to sell lands and move into the cities. Others made small fortunes (the kulaks)

Question 9

Losers of EE

Answer 9

By ‘78, only 50% of the peasants could make enough surplus to sell.