Serf/peasant agriculture employment
50% work surplus (too many)
Disputes over land ownership/distribution
647 in 4 months
Mir problem
Nobles ran them so v.corrupt - they would typically only give bad land
What serfs did after the act
Some sold land back to lord to pay off redemption payments (no change)
Some did the same but went to city (poor economy meant few jobs and terrible conditions)
Most bogged down in debt and could never develop
Urban workers
1867-1917=7m to 28m - cities couldn’t handle so disease broke out
Not enough jobs and easy revolutionary targets