Stolypins Agrarian Reforms

Question 1

What were the aims of stolypin?

Answer 1

. To reform Russia’s Agrarian economy to make the peasants more wealthy.
. Wanted the abolishment of the communal land system in order to make the peasants own the land.

Question 2

What was achieved under stolypin?

Answer 2

. New machinery and farming techniques were introduced and as a result overall productivity increased.
. He encouraged the emigration of 3.5million people to Siberia between 1906 and after his death in 1915. This turned Siberia into a major agricultural region.
. In 1906 the collective ownership of land was abolished.

Question 3

What were the limitations of Stolypin reforms?

Answer 3

. By 1914 only 10% of peasants had moved away from strip farming.
. While in some provinces peasants owned much of the land, in other provinces peasants owned very little of the land.

Question 4

What were the success’s of Stolypin reforms?

Answer 4

. Overall production in rural areas increased as a result of a run of good harvests and better farming techniques.
. Peasants became more devoted to the Tsar as to them he had provided them with the machinery and farming techniques that had allowed them to live better lives.