Question 6: Write a few lines to show what you know about:
! kulaks
! the Duma
! women workers between 1900 and 1930
! the Liberals
! Stalinís collectivisation programme.
Answer:
(i) Kulaks: It is the Russian term used for the wealthy peasants who stalin believed were hoarding grains to gain more profit by 1972-78. The towns of soviet Russia were facing an severe problem of grain supplies. Kulkas were thought to be responsible for these problems.
(ii) The Duma during 1905 revolution the tsar allowed the creation of an elected consultative parliament in the Russia. And, this elected consultative parliament in Russia was known as duma.
(iii) Women workers between 1900 and 1930s, made up 31% of the factory labour force in 1941 but were paid almost half and three-quarters of the wages than much given to men. However, interestingly, it were the women workers who led the way to strikes during the February revolution.
(iv) The liberals: They espoused a nation that was tolerant towards all the religions; one that would protect individual rights against the government. Although the liberals wanted an elected parliamentary form of governance. They believed that the right to vote must only belong to men not to the women and that too the ones who were the property holders.
(v) Stalin collectivization program Stalin believed that collectivization of agriculture would help in the improving grains supplies in Russia . He began collectivization in 1929. All peasants protested such type of attempts and destroyed live stock to show their anger. Collectivization do not bring the desire result in the food supply situation turned even more worse in the later years.
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