chasnges to rural living conditions
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- CHANGES TO RURAL LIVING CONDITIONS 1855 - 1964
- the tsars did nothing for rural housing
- the standard housing for peasants was the IZBA
- this was a single roomed wooden hut, heated by an oven which also acted as a sleeping platform
- both animals and people lived in these huts
- conditions were cramped, cold, damp and dirty
- they were cheap to make and ended up just making the lives of the peasants worse
- there was some change in the way peasants were housed
- STALIN
- 'special' housing blocks were constructed on the edge of the new collective farms
- Kulaks were often allocated the worst housing in barracks or forced to take tented shelter in the fields
- the construction of self -contained agro towns was ordered
- KRUSHCHEV
- these were cheaply and quickly built and so were of a poor quality
- MAJOR FAMINES
- 1891
- CAUSE: adverse weather conditions, the panic selling of grain surpluses to counter the impact of the new consumer goods tax
- EFFECT: over 350,000 people died
- 1914 - 1918
- CAUSE: disruption to trade and transport during the first world war. Made worse by the treaty of Brest-Litovsk
- EFFECT: valuable grain producing areas in the Ukraine were lost
- 1921
- CAUSE: terrible winters, severe droughts, destruction of transport infrastructures due to the civil war.
- Made worse by Lenin's slowness in responding to the crisis and his reluctance to accept aid from the American relief army
- EFFECT: 5 million people died
- CAUSE: terrible winters, severe droughts, destruction of transport infrastructures due to the civil war.
- 1932 - 1934
- CAUSE: harsh winters, wars, disruption, revolutions. Made worse by the high levels of repression forced on the people by Stalin.
- for example the death penalty was imposed on people for stealing grain, that legally they owned themselves
- EFFECT: About 5 million dead, similar to 1921
- CAUSE: harsh winters, wars, disruption, revolutions. Made worse by the high levels of repression forced on the people by Stalin.
- 1891
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