Write a few short lines about
i) Kulaks
ii) The Duma
iii) Women workers between 1900 and 1930
iv) The liberals
v) Stalin's Collectivisation Programme
Answers
Answer:
Kulaks:
The well to do peasants in Russia were
known as Kulaks. During the collectivisation programme started by Stalin , the lands and Holdings of the Kulaks were seized. Their
Cattle and grains were forcibly taken
away by the government.
ii) The Duma:
The Duma is the name of the Russian
parliament. After the brief revolution of 1905 the Czar constituted the Duma for consultative
purposes. It did not have any real legislative powers and the Czar dissolved it
according to his wishes.
iii) women worker between 1900 and 1930:
After industrialisation expanded in Russia
women were employed in large numbers in most of the factories. In 1914 women
composed 31% of the labour force in Russia. They were not paid equally and the
working conditions were poor. Women play their active role in the revolution of
1917. Some of them staged demonstration and led marches from the front. Under
soviet rule role women equally participated in economic progress and
development.
iv) The liberals:
They believed in the basic rights of every
individual. The liberals wanted to stab you selected and parliamentary
government with an independent judiciary. They stood against the despotic rule
of the monarch and nobles. They do not support Universal adult franchise.
vi) Stalin's collectivisation programme:
Stalin revised the economic policy of
collectivisation by which small land Holdings were made into large farms. These
farms would be collectively owned by the peasants and profits would be shared
among all. A large number of peasants opposed this move by the government.