Bran is the term of the times of the Stolypin reform. Significance of cuts in the peasant economy of Russia
{"Image DocumentName": "91. Describe the reforms of Stolypin (1906 \u2013 1911). (6)", "Image ImageDescription": "STOLYPIN\u2019S REFORMS: He used the Carrot and Stick approach. Carrot (incentive) - tried to win over peasants and made land available to prosperous ones, focused on industrial progress and impressive economic growth was realised between 1908 and Stick (severe punishment) - brutal suppression of opposition, was hard on strikers, protestors and revolutionaries, exiled over 20,000, over1,000 hanged. He focused on peasants and reforming land issues: He encouraged the \u2018best elements\u2019 to buy up strips of land from neighbors. Peasants\u2019 Banks - set up to provide loans to peasants to buy up land. KULAKS - rich peasants who owned their own land and animals; they benefited from Stolypin\u2019s land reform policies and were very loyal to the government. As a result, production levels improved; record harvest of grain production in Russian industry improved dramatically too between 1906 and 1914: Boom - production increased by 100% and a new wealthy middle class emerged. Became world\u2019s 4th largest producer coal, pig iron and steel (Baku oil fields) Factories used up-to-date mass production methods and health insurance was introduced. Populations in major cities (M, St. P, Kiev and Baku) soared. Factories were more efficient - 2/5 of factories had at least 1,000 workers.", "Image XResolution": "200", "Image YResolution": "200", "Image ResolutionUnit": "Pixels/Inch", "Image Software": "SlidePlayer", "Image YCbCrPositioning": "Centered"}