Emancipation of the Serfs 1855

Question 1

What did the emancipation of the serfs aim to bring

Answer 1

Freedom for serfs, equality, improvements of economic and agricultural industries

Question 2

List 3 terms of emancipation

Answer 2

• Legal Rights for serfs
  e.g. right to marry, leave the village
• Temporary obligation
  e.g. two years more, had to pay obrok
• Landowners select land that serfs can have including the cost
• Serfs must pay redemption payments for 49 years

Question 3

list 3 negative impacts of emancipation on peasants

Answer 3

• Peasants remained poor due to paying redemption payments, therefore had to sell their lands
• Weren’t able to surplus due to lack of agricultural techniques
• Temporarily obliged to their landowners for another two years - exploitation
• The mir restricted movement in and out of the village
• Inefficient farming techniques

Question 4

list 3 positive impacts of emancipation on the peasants

Answer 4

• legal rights - to marry, leave the village, buy their own land
• could choose between 25% less land or pay for land annually
• More personal freedom

Question 5

List a negative impact on nobility

Answer 5

• Lost their political influence and power

Question 6

LIst positive impact on nobility

Answer 6

• Able to use government bonds to pay back debt
• Creation of more entrepreneurs due to investment into businesses

Question 7

What was the reaction of peasants

Answer 7

• Confused and angry
  Thought landowners were lying
• 647 rebellions, decreased after 1861

Question 8

What was the economic development

Answer 8

Industrial development picked and doubled 2.5 times
Urban population quadrupled by 1896

Question 9

Impact on Intelligentsia

Answer 9

disappointed with emancipation terms
sympathetic for peasants
begun to adopt radical ideas