The Economics of the Russian Village

Name: The Economics of the Russian Village
Author: Hourwich, Isaac A. (Isaac Aaronovich)

Hourwich, Isaac A. (Isaac Aaronovich)

Agricultural laborers -- Russia; Land tenure -- Russia; Mir; Peasants; Thesis (Ph. D.)

+---------------------------------+----------+-----------+---------+
  | _Cr._                           |_In Kind._|_In Money._| _Total._|
  +---------------------------------+----------+-----------+---------+
  |  I. Productive consumption      |   154.00 |   127.00  |  281.00 |
  | II. Personal Consumption:       |          |           |         |
  |       Food[202]                 |   255.00 |   137.05  |  392.05 |
  |       Clothing                  |   170.00 |    60.00  |  230.00 |
  |       Shoes and stockings       |     7.80 |    51.50  |   59.30 |
  |       Miscellaneous             |          |    40.90  |   40.90 |
  |                                 +----------+-----------+---------+
  |     All to personal consumption |   432.80 |   289.45  |  722.25 |
  |III. Taxes                       |          |    16.00  |   16.00 |
  |                                 +----------+-----------+---------+
  |     Total ordinary expenditure  |   586.80 |   432.45  | 1019.25 |
  | IV. Rent: For 20 _dessiatines_  |          |   282.00  |  282.00 |
  +---------------------------------+----------+-----------+---------+
  |              Grand total        |   586.80 |   714.45  | 1301.25 |
  +---------------------------------+----------+-----------+---------+

III. _Capiton Popoff_, village Pavlovka, bailiwick Pavlodarovka.

The family is considered one of the “powerless.”

_Members._

1. Father.

2. Mother.

3. Son.

4. Daughter-in-law.

5. Girl of 16.

6. Girl of 13.

7-8. Two little boys.

_Schedule of Property._

1. House, 14×14 square feet.

2. Land, 1½ dessiatines (4 acres).

3. Stock:

    _a._ Horse      1
    _b._ Cow        1
    _c._ Sheep      3

_Yearly Income in Rubles._

  +-----------------------------------------------+---------+
  | _Dr._                                         |         |
  +-----------------------------------------------+---------+
  | Farm and house                                |   27.80 |
  | Rented land                                   |   74.00 |
  | Wage labor                                    |   74.80 |
  |                      -------------------------+---------+
  |                       Total                   |  176.60 |
  |                       Balance, deficit        |   65.20 |
  |                                               +---------+
  |                       Grand total             |  241.80 |
  +-----------------------------------------------+---------+

_Yearly Expenses in Rubles._

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The Economics of the Russian VillageHourwich, Isaac A. (Isaac Aaronovich)

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The Economics of the Russian Village

Hourwich, Isaac A. (Isaac Aaronovich)

Agricultural laborers -- Russia; Land tenure -- Russia; Mir; Peasants; Thesis (Ph. D.)

+---------------------------------+----------+-----------+---------+
  | _Cr._                           |_In Kind._|_In Money._| _Total._|
  +---------------------------------+----------+-----------+---------+
  |  I. Productive consumption      |   154.00 |   127.00  |  281.00 |
  | II. Personal Consumption:       |          |           |         |
  |       Food[202]                 |   255.00 |   137.05  |  392.05 |
  |       Clothing                  |   170.00 |    60.00  |  230.00 |
  |       Shoes and stockings       |     7.80 |    51.50  |   59.30 |
  |       Miscellaneous             |          |    40.90  |   40.90 |
  |                                 +----------+-----------+---------+
  |     All to personal consumption |   432.80 |   289.45  |  722.25 |
  |III. Taxes                       |          |    16.00  |   16.00 |
  |                                 +----------+-----------+---------+
  |     Total ordinary expenditure  |   586.80 |   432.45  | 1019.25 |
  | IV. Rent: For 20 _dessiatines_  |          |   282.00  |  282.00 |
  +---------------------------------+----------+-----------+---------+
  |              Grand total        |   586.80 |   714.45  | 1301.25 |
  +---------------------------------+----------+-----------+---------+

III. _Capiton Popoff_, village Pavlovka, bailiwick Pavlodarovka.

The family is considered one of the “powerless.”

_Members._

1. Father.

2. Mother.

3. Son.

4. Daughter-in-law.

5. Girl of 16.

6. Girl of 13.

7-8. Two little boys.

_Schedule of Property._

1. House, 14×14 square feet.

2. Land, 1½ dessiatines (4 acres).

3. Stock:

    _a._ Horse      1
    _b._ Cow        1
    _c._ Sheep      3

_Yearly Income in Rubles._

  +-----------------------------------------------+---------+
  | _Dr._                                         |         |
  +-----------------------------------------------+---------+
  | Farm and house                                |   27.80 |
  | Rented land                                   |   74.00 |
  | Wage labor                                    |   74.80 |
  |                      -------------------------+---------+
  |                       Total                   |  176.60 |
  |                       Balance, deficit        |   65.20 |
  |                                               +---------+
  |                       Grand total             |  241.80 |
  +-----------------------------------------------+---------+

_Yearly Expenses in Rubles._

Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.

The Economics of the Russian Village

The Economics of the Russian Village

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