Deputies’ attitude to P.A. Stolypin’s agrarian reform (in terms of the State Duma from Kostroma and Yaroslavl provinces)

Abstract

The article is devoted to the reflection of P.A. Stolypin's agrarian reform in the activities of State Duma deputies from Kostroma and Yaroslavl provinces, as well as the perception of Stolypin’s transformations by the population of those provinces. The sources are materials from metropolitan and provincial newspapers, as well as archival documents. The authors seek to identify to what extent Kostroma and Yaroslavl elected officials contributed to the implementation of the agrarian reform of the Prime Minister. The dynamics of parliamentary activity of the I–III State Dumas on the agrarian issue, legislative activity of elected officials, as well as their work in the province are studied on extensive factual material. It is important to trace the attitude of the Kostroma and Yaroslavl peasantry to the reform of P.A. Stolypin. The authors come to the conclusion that the deputies of the III State Duma, in which the Octobrists and deputies close to them were the party of power, expressed the most complete support for Stolypin's policy.