Stolypin

Question 1

Stolypin was Prime Minister of which Dumas?

Answer 1

Duma 2 and 3

Question 2

What was the hangman’s noose nicknamed?

Answer 2

Stolypin’s neckties

Question 3

How many death sentences were given out in the period October 1906-May 1907?

Answer 3

1144

Question 4

How many people were convicted of political crimes in the years 1908-9?

Answer 4

16,500

Question 5

How far did political assassinations drop in the years 1907-08?

Answer 5

1907 - 1200
1908 - 365

Question 6

In what year was Stolypin assassinated by the SRs?

Answer 6

1911

Question 7

What did Stolypin’s agricultural reforms abolish?

Answer 7

• redemption payments
• strip farming

Question 8

How many peasants migrated to Siberia under Stolypin’s reforms?

Answer 8

3.5 million

Question 9

What new type of farming was encouraged in Siberia?

Answer 9

Dairy farming

Question 10

How did Stolypin ensure control over the Duma?

Answer 10

Altered the franchise to make it more pro-Tsar

Question 11

How far did literacy levels grow by as a result of Stolypin’s expansion of primary education?

Answer 11

10% increase

Question 12

What happened to grain surpluses under Stolypin?

Answer 12

Increased: agricultural
production across Russia rose from 45.9 million tonnes in 1906 to 61.7 million tonnes in 1913