Read the following excerpt from a resolution from the Samara peasant assembly in March 1917: “Private property should be abolished. All land …” How did the peasants want to resolve the land issue? A. All land should be taken from peasants and given to farmers. B. All land should be taken from wealthy landowners and given to peasants. C. All land should be held in the hands of the government and distributed to the people. D. Land should be sold to the highest bidder, regardless of social status.
Read the following excerpt from a resolution from the Samara peasant assembly in March 1917
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The correct answer is B. All land should be taken from wealthy landowners and given to peasants.
In the context of the Samara peasant assembly resolution from March 1917, the desire to abolish private property indicates that the peasants intended to redistribute land from wealthy landowners, who held large tracts of land, to themselves. This was part of a broader movement among peasants to gain access to land for their own farming and livelihoods, especially during the tumultuous period of the Russian Revolution.