Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Economy under
Alexander III and
Nicholas II
(including Witte):
- WITTE (1892-1903)
- Economic development was
directed and sponsored by
government
- Currently a subsidence
agriculture
- Russia taxed the
already over taxed
peasants
- Trans-Siberian railway
was built - 7000km
- Received loans from
abroad - Belgium,
France and Britain
- A debt of 8 billion
- LARGEST IN
EUROPE
- St Petersburg
doubled in
growth
- Coal, iron and
oil production
rose
- Large cities started to grow resulting in
poor working and living conditions - lack
of people in the country as they tried to
find jobs.
- Developed military
power
- Development of social unrest
and radical alternatives to
Tsarism
- Russia behind
Western Countries
- Extra taxation caused
resentment and uprisings were
common among peasants.
- No political reform to
match economic
modernisation
- Other forms of
communication lagged
- Little attention to agriculture
- STOYLPIN
- Wanted to
modernise Russia
Agriculture
- Create a layer of class
of peasants that were
loyal to the Tsar
- Brought in
agricultural
education
- Encouraged people to move to
underdeveloped land
- Peasants Land Bank to give cheap loans
- Redemption
payments abolished
in 1907
- Laws to free
peasants from
communes
- Agricultural production
rose from 45.9 million
tonnes (1906) to 61.6
million tonnes (1913)
- 3 Million Peasants were relocated
- Number of peasants
who owned their own
land went from 20%
to 50%