The First World War and Turkestan
Answers are for parents and teachers.
1
Calculate the total number of people set by the decree: 87,000 + 38,000 + 50,000.
175000
2
How did the war affect the economy of Turkestan’s population? Give three examples.
Taxes rose, prices rose, labour was short, the cotton price stayed fixed. (Free answer.)
3
Why was it a problem that the call-up coincided with the harvest?
Because if the men, the main labour force, were taken, the harvest could not be gathered and families were left without a provider.
4
Why do you think the Russian economy weakened in the war? Write the textbook’s evidence.
State finances fell into crisis, economic links were disrupted, the railway was busy with military cargo and spending on education fell.