Russia section 2

War

Economic changes

Stolypin

Political reforms

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Dumas

Second Duma

Third Duma

First Duma

land reforms

downfalls

backround

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He was appointed chairman of the council of minister in July 1906 He was repressive and while he was for some reform he wanted repression first then reform

Stolypin's land reforms aimed to stop the peasants being a revolutionary force, and push Russia to massive economic growth, highlighted after the Russo-Janpiense war.

Stolypin first started by cancelling mortgage payments and introduced a system where farmers were encouraged to leave the strip system and move onto the fenced system increasing the productivity of the farmers.

Stolypin further invested more money into the land bank allowing peasants to buy land, and set aside funds to allow peasants to resettle and gain more land to farm

This was called a wager on the strong as he wanted to form a strong layer of peasants to keep producing grain

Stolypin was also not given enough time to make his reforms work, as he was kicked out of power and his reforms failed.

the peasants were resistant to change from the nobles, as they had been oppressed and were now used to just keeping themselves to themselves

The regime secured a substantial loan from France which meant that the Duma would not be able to put any financial pressure on the regime.

The Tsar then announced that the new Duma would be made up of two houses and that the second house would consist of ministers appointed by the Tsar. The fact that this second house could veto the actions of the second one meant that the Tsar had blunted it of any real power

Still very radical as the voting had not been changed and was filled with SD's and SR's, attacking his policies of Land reform

After changes to voting this duma was much less radicla however leadixng up to the war it became more radical

eventually got rid of this duma after voicing its criticism to the financial situation

Forth Duma

This Duma was less obstructive than previous Dumas. However, it still voiced criticism of the government and a security report of 1912 blamed some unrest on Duma questions to the regime.

however after the revolution they were removed

General strike

Lena Goldfields

The workers in the goldfields demanded better pay and conditions and went on strike. The police moved in and police shot and killed a large number of miners.

This resulted in even more anger and criticism on the government. building up to the revolution

This came to a head when the streets of St Petersburg were paralysed by a general strike by workers who erected barricades.

There was increased anger in Russia about the failure of the tsarist system to do anything about the situation of the workers.

This realy highlighted the problems with the Tsarists system the the unrest that currently existed

Allience

After the declaration of the war there was a massive output of support for the Tsar, and support for more radical groups lost lots of opposition

Build-up to the war

The growth of a unified Germany, the formation of the Austro-Hungarian Empire in 1867 and the decline of the Ottoman Empire.

These factors caused lots of tension in Europe and at this time Russia was still seen as a massive European power

Russia was pushed to a treaty with France and Britain due to Because of the threat posed by the newly unified Germany and Austria-Hungary.

during the Franco-Russian convention they Each agreed to give military support to the other if the other went to war with Germany. They were also brought closer through economic cooperation and France invested heavily in Russia.