Evaluation of the agricultural, political, industrial, and military developments in Russia (1906-1913)

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EVALUATION OF THE AGRICULTURAL, POLITICAL, INDUSTRIAL AND MILITARY DEVELOPMENTS IN RUSSIA

The agricultural, political, industrial and military situation in Russia during years 1906-1913 had to over cope with huge reforms and developments.

Agriculture was in very bad stage due to the backward farming. This often caused famines and food shortages. The political situation was changing very quickly due to the Government problems, the Tsar was an absolute ruler. Others wanted to share the power. Russian industry was undergoing great changes. An industrial revolution was happening. After the disaster war with Japan there was a navy plan which would have made Russia the third world greatest naval power in the world by 1931. All of this led to certain changes in the regime that was used.

A new chief minister Stolypin planned important changes in the countryside. He wanted to prevent another revolution carried out by peasants and he wanted to turn Russia into modern industrial country. For this to happen Russia would had to be more efficient to produce the extra food for the increasing numbers of industrial workers. In 1906 he introduced measures which allowed peasants to leave the mir. The mir operated a system

Russia had made dramatic developments in modern industry in the late ninetieth century. However, there was a price to pay. Rapid industrialization produced a middle class bourgeoisie who had no say in how the country was ruled and a proletariat who were forced to live and work in appalling conditions. The policy designed to make Russia successful also produced much of the discontent which led to the revolution in 1905. While the Tsar and prime minister hoped to buy the support of the bourgeoisie through the creation of the Duma, nothing was done to improve the conditions of industrial workers. The people were working for long hours in dirty and dangerous factories they wanted change.

Military development in Russia during the years 1906-1913 was needed. After the naval disaster in 1905 in the war with Japan of the three squadrons which made up the Russian navy, two had been completely destroyed and the other had mutinied. Weak leadership was blamed. Far more power was given to the naval minister who worked closely with Duma. Together they drew up a plan to build modern battleship which would have made Russia the third Greatest naval power in the whole world by 1931. However, Russia lacked the money to do this more quickly at a time that two other great powers, Britain and Germany, were engaged in a naval arms race which was producing huge batt

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