Nobility - 1894-1914

• Some nobles continued to thrive by keeping old positions of power such as the military, doing well out of land distribution and increasing their wealth through investment in industry and speculation in financial markets.
• About a third of nobles' land was lost to peasants and others.

  • Some nobles failed to adjust their lifestyles accordingly or failed to understand the workings of the new world of modern financial systems.
• Overall, the nobility remained at the top.

  • Taxes remained focuses on the peasantry and landed wealth remained largely intact.
• The nobility continued to dominate high political office.

  • Provisional governorships, zemstvo power and provisional noble assembles were all important.
• The nobility kept its position at the top of Russian society.