Stolypin's reforms (jan 1, 1906 – jan 1, 1911)

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Stolypin's repression -
August 1906, Stolypin declared a state of emergency which formally suspended the rights guaranteed by the Fundamental Laws. Therefore the government could use terror:
- Officials were given the right to imprison people without putting them on trial
- The military were given the power to dispense justice. Lawyers and appeals were banned in military courts. Military courts had the right to exile or execute rebels, and appeals were not permitted.
The scale of repression - 1906-10 Stolypin's courts found 37,620 people guilty of political crimes. Of these 8,640 were sent to labour camps and 1,858 were resettled to Russia's deserts or to the frozen wastes of Siberia. But really 'resettlement' meant death. Russia's population increased from 98,000 in 1905 to over 250,000 by 1913. Trains that took people away were known as 'Stolypin's wagons' and the hangman's noose was nicknamed 'Stolypin's necktie'.

Land reform -
- Made it easier for peasants to break away from communes and establish independent farms
- Encouraged the Peasant Land Bank to give more loans to peasants, in order to buy land and modern farming equipment
- Initiated a publicity campaign to encourage peasants to set up home in Siberia

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