In short, reform of Stolypin in the agricultural sector is a complex of specific measures that have been implemented to improve the situation of the peasants in the country, as well as the revitalization of the economic life of the state.
assumptions about reform (briefly)
reform Stolypin meant a comprehensive modernization of the social, political and economic life of the state.The fact is that in the end of XIX - the first decade of the XX century clearly laid bare the backlog of the Russian Empire from the developed countries of Europe.Though the imperial court continued to shine bushy balls and exemplary luxury, there was brewing a painful crisis.Inventories economic relations have developed weakly, the formation of the bourgeoisie and the working class hopelessly behind in their rates from the Western world, agriculture, as well as centuries ago, it was based on the primitive manual labor that contrasted sharply with the results of the Industrial Revolution in England, France and even Germany.Moreover, the Russian aristocracy for the most part in no hurry to transfer the economy of their farms into the capitalist track, continuing to squeeze the juice from the peasants.What to say about the past.Serfdom was abolished half a century ago, but it is a relic, a rural community, and has not been eliminated.Weakening the empire from within risked repeating the sad way of Iran or Turkey, which by this time become a Semi-raw material appendages of Europe.Agrarian reform Stolypin (briefly about it discussed below) as well as conversion to other sectors of the state economy is clearly brewing.The head of the government came to power in the troubled 1906, when for the first time under Nicholas Romanov throne tottered.
Stolypin reforms: summary
Conversion Stolypin touched several areas of the state.In particular, a district reform involves more widespread across the country territorial self-government bodies, which were to replace the reactionary nobility and gentry (in Ukraine) authorities.Industrial reform introduced new regulations in the employment relationship, which was very necessary in terms of evolving class of industrialists, capitalists and workers.However, the most important in the activities of the tsarist government began to transform agriculture.
On the purposes of agrarian reform, and (briefly)
Stolypin's reforms in agriculture was aimed at creating a strong class of independent peasant farms (for example, US farmers), as well as on the development of the wide open spaces of Siberia.For the first goal, with the support of the State Credit Bank en masse to lend to everyone to get out of community farmers to establish their own farms.To the credit of the government it is worth noting that the percentage was very low and posilen.However, the non-repayment of the loan selected and bought the land again exhibited for sale.Thus further stimulate economic activity.In Siberia, the land allocated by the Government and all free to everyone, according to the second reform program.Cabinet strongly stimulated the relocation of peasants in the east of the country and development of the infrastructure there.For these purposes it was created by the so-called "stolypin cars."
about the results of the agrarian reform (briefly)
Stolypin's reforms really started to give positive results.However, it has been slowed Stolypin's death in 1911, and then completely interrupted by the First World War.However, slightly more than 10% came from the peasant class communities by expanding economic activity independent, market-oriented.In modern historiography activity Pyotr Stolypin evaluated generally positive.
