Debatable problems of agrarian evolution of post-reform European Russia
OSTROVSKY A.*
Ostrovsky Alexander - doctor of historical sciences, acting professor of Department of History and Regional Studies of St. Petersburg Stale University of Telecommunications of the prof. M. A. Bonch-Brucvitch. address: 22, hous. 1, Bolshevikov av., Sankt-Petersburg, 193232, Russian Federation, E-mail: rector@sut.ru.
Abstract
The article shows that by the end of the 19th century the European part of Russia on one hand had no further potential for the extensive development of its agriculture, and on the other hand opportunities for the intensive growth of this sector were shrinking, which created the environment of higher social tension.
Keywords: argiculture, exploitation, profitability, social differentiation, peasant community, agrarian history of Russia.