Economy and society 3 Flashcards
social structure (16 cards)
in 1858 what percentage of the population lived in towns?
6%
how many people did the redemption payments free?
23 million
under Nicholas II what percentage of the population lived in towns?
13%
how many people were in the middle class by 1914?
2 million
what was happening to the nobility’s power under Nicholas II?
it was shrinking
what happened to the nobility’s land ownership in 1870?
they owned 200 million acres of land in 1870 which fell to 140 million by 1914
by 1900 what percentage of the Russian economy was still rural?
80%
by 1917 what was Russian society still dependent on?
agriculture
when was civil marriage made legal?
December 20th 1917
what is one reason why the birth rate slowed under lenin?
it became easier to get a divorce
when did stalin make abortion legal?
1926
by 1930, how many people worked in managerial positions within the communist party?
1.5 million
how did stalin encourage people to have more children?
through financial incentives. in 1944 women who had ten or more children were given financial rewards
when did stalin make abortion illegal?
june 27th 1936
by 1960 what percentage of russians lived in towns?
49%
when did Khrushchev legalise abortion?
1955
