Question

Describe the relationship betweem peasants and nobles in russia

Answer 1

The relationship between peasants and nobles in Russia was mostly based on mistrust and suspicion.

Unlike France where the peasants respected and fought for the nobles the peasants in Russia wanted to grab the lands of the nobles. The peasants were drawn by hunger for land because though serfdom was abolished in 1861, the conditions of the peasants were miserable.

Small holdings, heavy redemption dues, lack of capital and outdated modes of farming added to their misery.

Peasant's anger found vent in refusal to pay rent and violence. Sometimes the peasants even murdered the landlords.

Answer 2

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In Russia, the nobility, the Crown and the orthodox church owned large landed properties.

• Unlike the peasants of France, the Russian peasants did not have any respect for the nobles.
• In Russia, the peasants wanted the land of the nobles and sometimes, they refused to pay the rent. They sometimes even murdered the landlords.
• In 1902, a peasant agitation occurred on a  large scale in South Russia, and by 1905, it spread all over Russia.
• Russian peasants were different from the other European peasants. Sometimes, they pooled their land together.
• Peasants established communes, which divided their lands according to the needs of the individual family.