Duma and stolypin🤓

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STOLYPIN AGRICULTURAL AIM - wanted to reform agriculture in order to modernise russia and make it more competitive with other European powers - he oped that reorganising the land would increase support for the Tsar among unskilled farm hands - reducing the threat of social he revolutionaries he believed the key to success was to increase the number of peasant land owners
what changed with STOLYPINS AGRICULTURE AIM -
Redemption payments were abolished. Loans for peasants to buy land became available with the intro of peasants land banks
RESULTS OF STOLYPIN AGRICULTURE -
agricultural output increased by a third, while peasant land ownership increased by 30 percent. The number of cadets increased and they were supportive of tsar
STOLYPINS INDUSTRY AIM -
it was hoped that agrarian reform would reduce demand for labour in the country side hence increasing urbanisation as people flooded into towns and cities for work
WHAT CHANGED WITH STOLYPINS INDUSTRY AIM -
Heavy industry increased considerably. The production of iron and steel rose by 50 percent and by ww1 russia was the 4th largest producer of steel, coal and iron
STOLYPINS INDUSTRY AIM - RESULTS-
Formation of trade unions had been made legal in 1905. In 1912 safety inspectors were introduced into factories - workers began benefiting from employee insurance
However a strike at lena gold fields in 1912 emphasised that there was still a great deal of discontent hundreds of the protectors were killed by army and police - clear that opposition to tsarist state was still on the rise
'Wager on the strong' refers to stolypins hope that Reforms would create a group of prosperous land owners who would work independently and support the Tsarist regime
Stolypins policies from 1905 - 07 were partly a reaction to the social unrest that had materialised I'm 1905
Tsar appointed stolypin as prime minister in 1906 to help strengthen tsarism
Stolypin de revolutionised the peasants by cancelling mortgage payments they couldn't pay