"To a greater extent than most, he did: Stolypin was tsarist Russia’s last great statesman, notably introducing capitalistic land reforms in an effort to germinate a new rural middle class of small, freeholding landowners with skin in the Romanov dynasty. To break liberal obstruction, he also mounted a coup to weight the Duma in favor of propertied classes. 'Give me 20 years of peace,' he vowed, 'and you won’t recognize Russia.'" Instead they ended up with nearly a century of hell.
Mike_Martini 6 points 2.8 years ago
"To a greater extent than most, he did: Stolypin was tsarist Russia’s last great statesman, notably introducing capitalistic land reforms in an effort to germinate a new rural middle class of small, freeholding landowners with skin in the Romanov dynasty. To break liberal obstruction, he also mounted a coup to weight the Duma in favor of propertied classes. 'Give me 20 years of peace,' he vowed, 'and you won’t recognize Russia.'"
Instead they ended up with nearly a century of hell.