Rural Intelligentsia's Influence on Modernization Processes in the Agrarian Sector of Western Siberia (1880–1914)
JU.V Druzhinina
Keywords: rural intelligentsia, agriculture, animal husbandry, beekeeping, enlightenment, cooperative societies, artel
Pages: 52-56
Abstract
The article characterizes activities of intelligentsia which influenced the processes of modernization in the agricultural sector in Western Siberia: dissemination of agricultural knowledge among farmers; introduction of effective methods of livestock-breeding and field-crop cultivation, organization of agricultural societies, artels, co-operatives. Rural intelligentsia in the region contributed in initiating some positive changes in the economic activities of the peasantry.
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