Emancipation Ukase Flashcards
1
Q
How many serfs were there?
A
40 million
2
Q
When were private serfs freed?
A
1861 20 million serfs
3
Q
When were public/state serfs freed?
A
1866 20 million freed
4
Q
What was the Mir?
A
- They distributed and collected taxes
- peasants had to stay in the mir until redemption payments are paid (6% interest over 49 years)
5
Q
What were the terms of the edict?
A
- Mir (see other flashcard)
- compensation given to former landlords
- former serfs given a plot of land and a cottage
- serfs given legal rights (eg. Can marry/buisness/travel)
6
Q
What were the positive impacts of the emancipation on the SERFS?
A
- given freedom legally
- given plot of land and cottage
- some move to industrial jobs for better pay
- Kulaks (rich peasants) managed to produce a surplus of grain
7
Q
What were the negatives of the emancipation on SERFS
A
- redemption payments led to generational debt
- land wasn’t big enough to live on (less to farm = less £)
- lack of efficient farming methods
- freedom and rights still restricted
8
Q
What were the positives of the emancipation on LAND LORD?
A
- received compensation (free from debt/more investment in land)
- can control the price of land to be above market value (90% in some cases)
- can allocate best land to themselves
9
Q
What are the negatives of the emancipation on LAND LORDS?
A
- it didn’t end the noble bankruptcy
- faced with 647 incidents of riot
- forced to sell 1/3 of their land in 1861
- many didn’t want it
- profits were lower than expected
- loss of labour force meant they were forced into jobs that they couldn’t do
10
Q
What were the positives of the emancipation on the ECONOMY?
A
- decline in agrarian labour and move to a money - based (modern) economy
- stimulated growth in banking and rail construction
- enter price was encouraged = more investment
11
Q
What were the negatives of the emancipation on the ECONOMY?
A
- 90% less production in certain areas
- industrial output was still poor
- only 50% of peasantry were able to make a profit
