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.)
+----------------+-----------------+-----------------+
|Householders in | Rubles. | Per cent. |
| the _gubernia_ +--------+--------+--------+--------+
| of Tamboff. | Own | Market | Own | Market |
| |produce.|produce.|produce.|produce.|
+----------------+--------+--------+--------+--------+
|Gabriel Trupoff | 309.00 | 166.71 | 65 | 35 |
|Kosma Abramoff | 586.80 | 416.45 | 59 | 41 |
+----------------+--------+--------+--------+--------+
Taxes and rents are not included. Should we count all expenses, the
figures would look as follows:
TOTAL EXPENDED.
+----------------+-----------------+-----------------+
| | Rubles. | Per cent. |
| +--------+--------+--------+--------+
| Householders. | Own | Market | Own | Market |
| |produce.|produce.|produce.|produce.|
+----------------+--------+--------+--------+--------+
|Gabriel Trupoff | 309.00 | 219.21 | 59 | 41 |
|Kosma Abramoff | 586.80 | 714.45 | 45 | 55 |
+----------------+--------+--------+--------+--------+
[42]
+--------------+-----------+--------------------+---------------------+
|Districts in | Households| Households selling | Households consuming|
|the _gubernia_| buying in | produce. | their |
| of Voronezh. |the market.| | total produce. |
| | +--------+-----------+---------+-----------+
| | | Number.| Per cent. | Number. | Per cent. |
+--------------+-----------+--------+-----------+---------+-----------+
|Zadonsk | 15,528 | 8,094 | 51 | 7,610 | 49 |
|Korotoyak | 20,232 | 18,769 | 93 | 1,463 | 7 |
|Nizhnedevitzk | 20,051 | 18,558 | 93 | 1,493 | 7 |
+--------------+-----------+--------+-----------+---------+-----------+
Those households which purchased in the market without selling produce,
earned the necessary money by selling their own labor force, which is
shown by figures in the same _Reports_. (L. c.)
[43] Taxes constitute but a minor part--though a very considerable
one--of the money expenditure; and the receipts drawn from sale of
produce exceed by far the sum paid in taxes. The respective items are
contrasted in the following table:
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