Emancipation Failure Flashcards
1
Q
Serf/peasant agriculture employment
A
50% work surplus (too many)
2
Q
Disputes over land ownership/distribution
A
647 in 4 months
3
Q
Mir problem
A
Nobles ran them so v.corrupt - they would typically only give bad land
4
Q
What serfs did after the act
A
Some sold land back to lord to pay off redemption payments (no change)
Some did the same but went to city (poor economy meant few jobs and terrible conditions)
Most bogged down in debt and could never develop
5
Q
Urban workers
A
1867-1917=7m to 28m - cities couldn’t handle so disease broke out
Not enough jobs and easy revolutionary targets
