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Economy under Alexander III and Nicholas II (including Witte):
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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%
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