Peasant Farms’ Agriculture in Russia in the Late XIX – Early XX Centuries: Factors and Evolutionary Dynamics
M.M. Yesikova
Keywords: крестьянство, моральная экономика, сельское хозяйство, агротехника, урожайность, агрономическое обслуживание, peasantry, moral economy, agriculture, agrotechnics, crop capacity, agronomic service
Abstract
The paper analyzes factors and dynamics of peasant farms’ agriculture in Russia in the late XIX – early XX centuries. It is stated that main deterrents preventing from increase of agriculture’s effectiveness were the peasants’ poverty as well as egalitarian approach typical for the communal peasantry’s moral principles. The rise of agriculture was facilitated by the activities of the zemstvo agronomic service and technical equipment of the farms. All this led to the yield increases at the beginning of the XX century, while the village came close to introduction of the multiple crop rotation.
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