developments in agriculture
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- Created on: 31-05-21 20:21
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- developments in agriculture
- rural economy provided livelihood for 80-90% of population
- still largely ignored in favour of industrialisation until 1906 when Stolypin became Internal Affairs Minister
- before 1906, most farming remained small-scale
- in the hands of former serfs and state peasants
- earlier problems continued before 1906
- peasants tied to local mir by redemption dues and were heavily taxed
- estates continued to be subdivided by mir as sons inherited
- meant that there was less land for peasants to farm
- coupled with rising population
- meant that there was less land for peasants to farm
- agricultural practices and tools still traditional
- grain yields poor compared to US and Britain
- Stolypin's land reforms
- aimed to produce more kulaks
- wanted to win their tsarist regime loyalty
- wanted to develop economy
- improving agriculture
- create an internal market for industry products
- wanted individual peasants to own land
- holding it in one piece instead of a collection of scattered strips
- Stolypin believed peasants should be able to develop without interference of the mir
- from 1903, mir ceased to be responsible for paying taxes on peasants' behalf
- aimed to produce more kulaks
- rural economy provided livelihood for 80-90% of population
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