change and geographical variation

Question 1

the situation began to change after 1880- some peasants were taking advantage of the market in land that had opened up as a result of?

Answer 1

emancipation

Question 2

peasants could now buy and sell land aided by the creation of?

Answer 2

the peasants’ land bank in 1883

Question 3

between 1877 and 1905 the amount of land owned by the peasants grew from?

Answer 3

6 million to 21.6 million hectares

Question 4

by 1905 how much percent of landlord land had been passed to the peasantry?

Answer 4

27%

Question 5

by 1913 peasant owned how much of arable land?

Answer 5

owned 66% of arable land and rented more
-now argued that yields were higher on peasant land

Question 6

agricultural production grew rapidly - grain production in particular grew by?

Answer 6

2.1% annually 1883-1914
or by 1.1 million tons per year

Question 7

it was in the central agricultural region that production was the weakest why?
(amount of land received)

Answer 7

-amount of land received by each peasant household after emancipation was less than previously farmed

Question 8

it was in the central agricultural region that production was the weakest why?
(communes)

Answer 8

the communes were conservative and used backward agricultural methods

Question 9

it was in the central agricultural region that production was the weakest why?
(increase in population)

Answer 9

huge increase in population from 50 to 79 million during 1861-97 created pressure on the land. when land was repartitioned households ended up with smaller, less efficient units