emancipation of the serfs

Question 1

key terms of emancipation

Answer 1

legally obliged to landowners for 2 years
state serfs released after 6 years
landowners choose land and price they wish to sell it for
redemption payments annually

Question 2

positive impact on peasants

Answer 2

legal rights personal freedom
could choose between less land or pay for the land annually (within village not individual )

Question 3

negative impact on serfs

Answer 3

• in debt couldn’t pay redemption
  had to sell land
  charged 6% interest for borrowing land
  internal passports restrict access
  mir controlled land

Question 4

negative impact on nobility

Answer 4

lost political influence and power to the mir

Question 5

positive impacts for the nobility

Answer 5

used compensation to pay off debts
more entrepreneurs
more investments and expertise

Question 6

peasant reaction

Answer 6

confused and angry
647 peasant rebellions 91 killed
declined after 1865

Question 7

farming and agriculture

Answer 7

couldn’t advance - lack of technique and tools
too poor to produce surplus
1.1% INCREASE OF PRODUCE

Question 8

economic development

Answer 8

times 2.5 times in 20 years
urban population quadrupled by 1896
couldn’t pick up due to peasants
more employment