Results of Emancipation Edict
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- Created on: 17-04-20 09:43
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- Results of Emancipation
- Kulaks ("fists") bought extra land for surplus grain
- Others sold up land to gain a passport to leave the mir
- 1913- 2.4 million workers in large scale indutry
- In 1878, only 50% of peasants were producing a surplus
- Others sold up land to gain a passport to leave the mir
- 647 incidents in four months following decree
- Bezdna- 70 peasant deaths
- Some landowners used compensation to get out of debt, others invested in cities
- Landowners lost influence; newspapers ran stories of their disappointments
- Zemstva used by nobles to voice resentments
- Landowners lost influence; newspapers ran stories of their disappointments
- Peasants felt cheated
- Mir was traditional; technical backwardness
- 80% loans, repaid over 49 years at 6% interest!
- Divided and decreased land inheritance
- Small allotments
- Restricted peasants' movements. They were running away during Muscovite expansion searching for better pay
- Made it easier to tax them (through the mir)
- Economy grew 5% in the following year
- Kulaks ("fists") bought extra land for surplus grain
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