Stolypin

Question 1

Who was Stolypin?

Answer 1

Prime Minister of Russia between 1906 and 1911

Question 2

When was he assassinated?

Answer 2

1911

Question 3

What did he support?

Answer 3

Agrarian Reforms

Question 4

Who did oppose?

Answer 4

Revolutionary groups such as the Bolsheviks

Question 5

What law did he pass on in November 1906?

Answer 5

He made it easier for peasants to break away from communes

Question 6

What did he also help the peasants with?

Answer 6

He provided them with government loans to move to unexploited land in Siberia

Question 7

List 2 good impacts of Stolypin’s reforms

Answer 7

1) In 1905 = 20% of peasants owned land

2) Agricultural production increased from 45.9 tonnes in 1906 to 61.7 millions tonnes in 1913

Question 8

List 2 successes of Stolypin’s reforms

Answer 8

1) Between 1906 and 1914 = 25% of peasants left the Mirs
2) The 3rd and 4th Dumas did not threaten the Tsar, they were literally ineffective as the Tsar was in most of the control

Question 9

List 2 failures of Stolypin’s reforms

Answer 9

1) He weakened the Dumas

2) His land reforms only had limited impact in the cities