Russia On the Road to Peaceful and Successful reform by 1914? Arguements for and against. 4.5 / 5 based on 8 ratings ? HistoryRussia - 19th and 20th centuryASAll boards Created by: kelly mccannCreated on: 24-03-10 20:26 Were the Pesants content? YES Stolypins Reforms Positive Good Harvests - 1913 record harvest Kulaks formed Supporting the countriesindustral growth Supporters of efficient agriculture NO 4/5 peasants remained peasants,60% remaned illiterate Huge Gap between Rich and Poor Many peasants sold land and migrated to trans-sibera, to be dispointed with no land 1 of 5 Were the workers content? YES Zemstva - extended health services 1912 - insurence for workers Stolypn -Eduction improved for everyone Increasedwages NO Working conditions poor Lacked effective Trade Unions and Legal Protection (mercy of employee's) Gained little from the Boom Strikes - Lena Goldfield (500 killed) 2 of 5 Were the middle class content? YES Expansion of qualified people (doctors etc) - - - Growth of middle class More conservative in outlook of the Tsar (supportive) NO Growth of revolutionary ideas (Marxist) Bolsheviks grow Lenin and Trotsky exiled 3000 hung - Stolypin's neck tie Duma's only look afterNobles 3 of 5 Did economic growth have a strong basis? YES Economy less reliant on foreign investment (more self financing) Economic Boom LargestEconomic power 4th Largest provider ofcoal NO Prices Rose - Inflation 40% Economy still unstable Communication links still weak 4 of 5 Had the Tsar reached a new Stable poltical basis? YES Autocracy evolved - Tsar working with Duma Opportunity for further reform Majority still Loyal to Tsar until War Future looked promising NO Witte - 'the government was a great illusion of our century' Anti-Tsarism by Duma and Zemstva Repression Secret Police unwilling to work with Police 5 of 5
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