Stolypin

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When was Stolypin appointed Chairman of the Council of Ministers?
July 1906
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When was Stolypin assassinated?
1911
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What was the 'rural crisis'?
How to feed the growing population
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Why were the peasantry impoverished?
High land prices and heavy mortgage repayments
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What was the intention of the 'Wager on the Strong'?
Creating a group of prosperous tsarist supporters
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What were the measures of the 'Wager on the Strong'?
*****-farming system, establishing the Land Bank, encourage individual farming
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Why did Stolypin wish to 'de-revolutionise' the peasantry?
Because of the 1905 revolution
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How did Stolypin 'de-revolutionise' the peasantry?
Cancelled any outstanding repayments
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What difficulties did the land reforms face?
Resistant peasantry and it would take too long
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What were Stolypin's successes?
Effectively worked with the dumas
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How much did the economy increase by between 1908 and 1914?
8.5%
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How much did the inflation rate rise by between 1908 and 1914?
40%
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Why were workers dissatisfied between 1908 and 1914?
Their wages didn't increase
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When did the workers go on a general strike?
1914
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What did Stolypin and Witte have in common?
They wanted to preserve the tsarist system
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