Stolypin's reforms, 1906-14
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- Stolypin's policies were not wholly repressive.
- He did introduce key economic reforms.
- He understood that making more peasants small landowners would strengthen the government in two ways.
- 1) Would prevent the peasants supporting revolutionary groups in order to protect their property.
- 2) Limited land reform would help make Russian agriculture more productive, and in so doing increase the nation's wealth.
- Stolypin's reforms, 1906-14
- Land Reform
- Stolypin's land reform was designed to create a class of conservative landowning peasants.
- He hoped that as peasants began to own land, they would want to protect their property and make profit.
- Thus, they would abandon revolutionary radicalism and support the government.
- He hoped that as peasants began to own land, they would want to protect their property and make profit.
- 1906 reforms
- In 1906, he introduced important economic reforms.
- The new reforms:
- - Made it easier for peasants to break away from communes and establish independant farms.
- - Encouraged the Peasant Land Bank to give more loans to peasants, in order to buy land and modern farming equipment.
- He also provided incentives and government loans for peasants, in order to buy land and modern farming equipment.
- The new reforms:
- In 1906, he introduced important economic reforms.
- Emigration to Siberia
- Conditions in most of Siberia were extreemly difficult.
- However, Siberia was rich in minerals and in the south-west there was a large amount of potential farmland.
- Thus, Stolypin introduced incentives to encourage peasants to migrate to Siberia and farm the land.
- Included;
- - Cheap land
- - Interest-free loans
- Cheap rail travel to Siberia.
- He also initiated a publicity campaign to encourage peasants to set up home in Siberia.
- Included;
- Thus, Stolypin introduced incentives to encourage peasants to migrate to Siberia and farm the land.
- However, Siberia was rich in minerals and in the south-west there was a large amount of potential farmland.
- Conditions in most of Siberia were extreemly difficult.
- Stolypin's land reform was designed to create a class of conservative landowning peasants.
- Impact of Stolypin's reforms
- Had a significant impact on the Russian economy.
- Successes:
- In 1905, 20% of peasants owned land. By 1915 this increased to 50%
- Agricultural production increased from 45.9 million tonnes in 1906, to 61.7 million tonnes in 1913.
- Between 1906 and 1914, 25% of peasants had left the mirs (communes).
- 80% of migrants to Siberia settled.
- The use of fertilisers, machines, tools and crop rotation increased crop production across the Empire.
- Failures:
- The majority of peasants who accepted Stolypin's incentives were located in the more prosperous areas of Russia, eg Southern Russia and Ukraine.
- Had a limited impact in the cities.
- Successes:
- Had a significant impact on the Russian economy.
- Land Reform
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