Economy and Society

How many people were affected by emancipation?

23 million

How did primary schools increase between 1856-1879

8,000-25,000

How did the number of miles of railway increase 1866-1881

3,000-13,270 miles

What happened to coal output under AIII

It tripled

What was the growth of industry 1908-1914

6% per year

How did Russia rank as an industrial power by 1914

5th largest

How much land was owned by the peasants in 1906 compared to in 1877

6 million hectares to 21.6 million hectares

How much did grain production increase between 1883-1914

2.1% per year

What percentage of land was turned into consolidated farms by Stolypin’s reforms

10%

How many workers strikes in 1899

100,000

How many people marched on Bloody Sunday

150,009

How many citizens were killed in the mutiny of the Battleship Potemkin

2,000

How many people were executed/deported following 1905

15,000 executed and 45,000 deported

How many Kadet deputies issued the Vyborg Manifesto in Poland

200

How many urban workers were there by 1900

3 million

What were working hours by 1900

over 11 hours a day

What proportion people died from infectious diseases in St Petersburg in 1911

1/3 of deaths

What was the literacy rate by 1897

57.8% of male urban workers

How did primary schools increase from 1878-1911

x4

In 1880, what was food availability like in Tambov

2/3 households could not feed themselves without debr

How many professionals were there by 1914

1 million

How did food and furl inflate from 1914-1916

x4

What was the working day like under the PG

8-hour-day introduced (but went back on)

How much was bread inflated under the PG in WW1

500%

How did Brest-Litovsk impact the economy

26% of rail lines lost

74% of iron ore and coal reserves lost

27% of farmland lost

How many total employees did the Cheka have by 1921

143,000

How many people did the Cheka kill 1918-1920

500,000

How were bread rations cut under the NEP

Cut by 1/3

What was the impact of the NEP

1920-23: cereal production increased by 23%

What percentage of people were unemployed by 1927

14%

When did wages finally pass pre-war levels

1928

How many households were turned into collective farms

23 milion

What percentage of the population were collectivised by 1930

90%

How many peasants migrated to urban areas between 1928-41

20 million

What were the quotas under the first Five Year Plan

coal: 75 million tons

ore: 19 million tons

What percentage of Magnitogorsk lived in mud huts

25%

What was the working day under the labour decrees

7-8 hours and 6-7 days

What happened during Lenin’s attack on the church

28 bishops and 1,215 priests killed

How many workers entered higher education during the first Five Year Plan

150,000

What proportion of investment was given to heavy industry in the fourth Five Year Plan

85%

How many kolkhozy were left by 1952

94,800

What was the socio-economic fallout of WWII

1943-44: Lend-Lease made up 10% of GDP

27 million deaths

31,000 industrial enterprises destroyed

40% of agricultural output lost

How much maize was harvested successfully during Khrushchev’s maize ohsession

1/6, despite 85 million acres being planted

What happened to working conditions under Khrushchev

1956: minimum wage rose

1960: 7 hour day

expansion of pension scheme

How many people did the Khrushchevka house

108 million people

How did education change under Khrushchev

1958: leaving age rose from 14-15

How many churches and monastries were closed down under Khrushchev

3/4

What was the harvest like in 1963

only 107 million tonnes but target was 180 million