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Where is the backward Russian peasant? Evidence against the superiority of private farming, 1883–1913

Where is the backward Russian peasant? Evidence against the superiority of private farming, 1883–1913

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Date of publication
december 2015
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ISBN / Resource ID
AGRIS:US201600001844
Pages
425-447

This contribution deals with agricultural dynamics in late-Imperial Russia. Based upon a comprehensive micro-level data set on annual yields between 1883 and 1913, we provide insight into regional differences of agricultural growth and the development prospects of Russian agriculture before WWI. Making use of the fact that contemporary Russian statistics distinguished between mostly communally governed open fields and privately owned land, we are able to test the implications of different land tenure systems for agricultural yield growth. In a broader sense, we seek to challenge the common narrative of Russia as an exception to the pan-European picture of economic development during the era of industrialization.

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Kopsidis, Michael
Bruisch, Katja
Bromley, Daniel W.

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