Problems of Russia in 1894
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- PROBLEMS OF RUSSIA IN 1894
- POLITICAL
- Opposition had grown against the repressive and reactionary measures of Alexander III
- Concerns over the centralised control of the police under the Minister of Interior
- Concern over the replacement of Elected JPs with 'Land Captains'
- Rise in censorship
- Tighter control of the zemstva (provincial governments)
- Reduction of peasant representation in these organisations
- Opposition groups called for REFORMS to the political system to allow for GREATER REPRESENTATION of peasants
- Opposition had grown against the repressive and reactionary measures of Alexander III
- ECONOMIC
- Lack of productivity compared with international rivals
- Lack of free enterprise
- Tsar and his ministers controlled the armaments industry and the railways- main consumers of industrial products
- Reliance on foreign investment
- Rising exports of grain
- Contributed to the famine of 1891
- Backwards agriculture
- Peasants using wooden ploughs- limited productivity
- SOCIAL
- Peasants were aggrieved about their living conditions
- Despite formation of Peasants Land Bank (1883) and the abolition of the peasant poll tax (1886)
- Redistribution of land had resulted in a reduction in the size of plots
- The Mir continued to be a barrier to innovation
- 1891 famine- deaths of over 350,000 people
- Long-lasting impact
- Peasants were aggrieved about their living conditions
- POLITICAL
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