Stolypin in Russian Reforms

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Stolypin in Russian Reforms

Stolypin was a very influential man who coincidentally influenced

Russian reforms. He had changed policies and other things; he did this

for the best interest of his country. Stolypin changed things even if

the public in Russia didn’t like the system. He would hang people who

deserved punishment, and was seen to be ruthless, “a savage butcher”.

Stolypin was seen to be quite influential in the Russian reforms and

was admired by people as a saint who could relieve Russia from the

war, revolution and also transform Russia considerably.

As Stolypin became minister of interior, he began to tackle major

problems at present in Russia, he aimed to establish social stability

before he brought out any real political reforms. Stolypin also aimed

to maintain the Tsarist rule and along with this to bring out a change

in education, agriculture and socialism, he did this by introducing

reforms for all of these. This shows a little idea of the ideas that

Stolypin had and also shows how these ideas would influence Russian

reforms.

Stolypin introduced crop rotation and land reforms to help increase

food production and also give to some extent what people wanted. This

is significant as it shows that because Stolypin introduced this

reform people began to feel more content and also that there needs

were being fulfilled. The result of the reform was that there was a

mass increase in food production and that a happy work force could be

seen and this could have been seen to an extent to the introduction of

some sort of freedom. However the downfall of this reform was that

some peasants began to seize this opportunity to get rich and

eventually they were known as the Kulaks. Some upper class citizens in

Russia weren’t happy with these reforms but some of them gradually had

to accept these reforms.

Stolypin also began to introduce reforms in education, he tried to

reduce the number of illiterates in Russia by making children attend

school. Between 1904 to 1914 primary school numbers doubled and

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