stolypin reforms / russia in 1914

Question 1

example popular social reform of Stolypin

Answer 1

zemstva expenditure on health agriculture etc doubled 1906-1912

Question 2

success in education reforms stats

Answer 2

n.primary skills double

Question 3

what did Stolypin believe / seek to do in reforms

Answer 3

peasants natural conservatives - introduce reforms that would harness there conservatism

Question 4

positives in political autocracy 1914

Answer 4

1905 revolution = never intended to remove tsar

Question 5

however negatives in political autocracy 1914

Answer 5

1905 response by Tsar breaks bond between him and people

Question 6

how many of stolypin’s reforms passed

Answer 6

2200/2500 e.g. naval budgets

Question 7

failure in political reform

Answer 7

1911 couldn’t introduce zemstvo in west province as stolypin hangs political opponents

Question 8

how many did Stolypin’s necktie involve

Answer 8

60,000 political opponents

Question 9

positives in position of opposition groups 1914

Answer 9

lenin in exile believes ‘ no revolution’ in his lifetime
-SR + Mensheviks weakened - divided by manifesto etc

Question 10

evidence for growth in political strikes

Answer 10

464 in 1908 to 2401 in 1914 ( felt unsupported by duma)

Question 11

political opposition threats by 1914

Answer 11

June 1905 Potemkin mutiny = embarrassment to Tsar

Question 12

positives in economic - agriculture by 1914

Answer 12

-grain production increase 2.1% - ahead of 1.5% annual increase population

Question 13

however negative of stolypin agrarian reform

Answer 13

-only 10% land escape mir

Question 14

negative stolypin agrarian reform - archer

Answer 14

‘if given time to take root agrarian reforms may have contributed to more moderate revoltuion than 1917’

Question 15

positives in industry under stolypin reforms

Answer 15

increase 6% per annum

Question 16

positives in industry

Answer 16

1914 russia 4th largest producer coal pig iron etc

Question 17

negatives in peasant

Answer 17

wage < 1/3 west Europes

Question 18

peasants under stolypin

Answer 18

despite minor relaxation of Russian Orthodox state control - <1% villages have etelphpne _ July 1914 general strike

Question 19

what should 1914 Russia be deemed

Answer 19

-archaic + fragile
-disconnect tsar + people = Tsar’s ignorance in rejection of democracy

Question 20

Nicholas role in Russia position 1914

Answer 20

reassertion of autocratic power in 1905 Fundamental laws = manifesto was superficial action - loses support of liberals

Question 21

Stolypin’s use of A87 in duma as factor in Demise russia

Answer 21

gov became disjointed - although reforms passed it fell at Stolypin’s assassination 1912 - e.g. lena goldfields 1912

Question 22

argument on actions taken by gov to suppress groups

Answer 22

may appear successful in short term but discontent fostered undermined democracy in long term

Question 23

aș a result of unstable political base Russia’s economy ..

Answer 23

failed to take root despite promising reforms w/ relative success

Question 24

however what did the 6% industrial growth rate stem from

Answer 24

previously low industrial output - 67% industrial workers produce 33% output - productivity low

Question 25

however stats on coal in russia

Answer 25

per capita output half Austro Hungarian empire

Question 26

decline in consumer goods stats

Answer 26

52% - 45% - economy unable to keep up w/ growing population

Question 27

evidence failure gov without stolypin

Answer 27

145,000 peasant houses freed 1911 - 97,000 by 1914

Question 28

how many peasants migrate to Siberia - what does it show

Answer 28

-industrial area therefore agricultural reforms had not felt prosperity - 1912 Siberia strike = 170 killed

Question 29

how did agricultural reforms serve to work against the gov post 1914

Answer 29

kulaks gain from 9% increase agricultural machinery - war broke out + reforms stopped expectations raised + could not be met

Question 30

another exam of how peasant reforms worked against gov

Answer 30

1914 64% literary - access to revolutionary materials