Peasant Concessions

• In November 1905, the Tsar promised to cancel redemption payments.

  • These were not the only cause of peasant unrest but it was a significant enough concession to see a reduction in the levels of violence and opposition in the countryside.
• Many peasants were still instinctively loyal to the Tsar even if they hated their local landowner and were prepared to accept a concession which would lead to an improvement in their personal finances.