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.)
+---------------------+------------+-------------+-----------+---------+
| | Tenants. |Land leased. | | Land |
| Classes and +------+-----+-------+-----+Tenants to |leased |
| Districts. |House-| Per |Dessia-| Per |population,|to land |
| |holds.|cent.|tines. |cent.| per cent. |owned, |
| | | | | | |per cent.|
+---------------------+------+-----+-------+-----+-----------+---------+
| _Ranenburg._ | | | | | | |
|Former serfs | 4392 | 83 | 15337 | 84 | 34 | 20 |
|Former State peasants| 893 | 17 | 3010 | 16 | 11 | 3 |
| | | | | | | |
| _Dankoff._ | | | | | | |
|Former serfs | 3205 | 83 | 11078 | 81 | 32 | 17 |
|Former State peasants| 676 | 17 | 2765 | 20 | 13 | 4 |
+---------------------+------+-----+-------+-----+-----------+---------+
[68] The table includes 62 per cent. of the total area of rented land,
the data for the classification being furnished by the statements in
the _Appendices_ to the _Reports_ for the districts in question.
[69] We find this tendency very pronounced in the _gubernia_ of
Voronezh:
+--------------+---------------------------------------------------+
| | |
| | Area rented. |
| | |
| Districts. +-----------+--------------+------------+-----------+
| | For money | For share in | For labor | |
| | rented, | crops, | and money, | Total, |
| | per cent. | per cent. | per cent. | per cent. |
+--------------+-----------+--------------+------------+-----------+
|Zadonsk | 86 | 7 | 7 | 100 |
|Korotoyak | 88 | 12 | .. | 100 |
|Nizhnedevitsk | 94 | 4 | 2 | 100 |
+--------------+-----------+--------------+------------+-----------+
(_Cf._ _Statistical Reports_, Vol. IV., part I., Vol. V., part I.; Vol.
VI., part I., Table of Rented Land.)
[70] Here are some instances:
1. Village Solntzevo, district of Ranenburg.--“Some five years ago,
after one failure of the crops, 100 householders were 6000 rubles in
arrears with their rent. Up to this date they have paid practically
nothing, and live with the threat of being sold out hanging perpetually
over their heads.” (_Loc. cit._ App., p. 308.) The result can be shown
in figures:
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