describe the economic condition of russian before 1905 only 3 marks
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Industrialisation brought a new class the industrial worker, who lived in conditions of misery. Workers had no political rights and no means of gaining even minor reforms. Work hours were long, wages were poor and unemployment common.
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The middle class and intellectuals were also opposed and united against the exploitative system based on privileges.
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The state exchequer was bankrupt, due to the spendthrift ways of the Tsar, expensive wars, burden of the bureaucracy and maintaining a large army. The privileged classes, clergy and nobility who could afford were exempt from taxes while the poor peasantry and working class were burdened with taxes. Industry in Russia developed largely due to foreign investment. Foreign investors were only interested in quick profits at the expense of workers.
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Russia's defeat in the 1905 Russo-Japanese war brought all the summary discontentment of the people to the fore.
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The middle class and intellectuals were also opposed and united against the exploitative system based on privileges.
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The state exchequer was bankrupt, due to the spendthrift ways of the Tsar, expensive wars, burden of the bureaucracy and maintaining a large army. The privileged classes, clergy and nobility who could afford were exempt from taxes while the poor peasantry and working class were burdened with taxes. Industry in Russia developed largely due to foreign investment. Foreign investors were only interested in quick profits at the expense of workers.
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Russia's defeat in the 1905 Russo-Japanese war brought all the summary discontentment of the people to the fore.
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In the field of economic conditions, 1904 was a bad year for the workers. Due
to rise in prices of essential goods, real wages decreased by 20%, leading to
the famous St.Petersburg strike where 110,000 workers protested, demanding
reduction in work hours and increase in wages. This strike started a series of
events that are together known as the 1905 Revolution. During this revolution,
there were strikes all over the country, universities closed down, and various
professionals and workers established the Union of Unions, demanding the
establishment of a constituent assembly.
These were the socio-economic and political conditions in pre-1905 Russia
to rise in prices of essential goods, real wages decreased by 20%, leading to
the famous St.Petersburg strike where 110,000 workers protested, demanding
reduction in work hours and increase in wages. This strike started a series of
events that are together known as the 1905 Revolution. During this revolution,
there were strikes all over the country, universities closed down, and various
professionals and workers established the Union of Unions, demanding the
establishment of a constituent assembly.
These were the socio-economic and political conditions in pre-1905 Russia
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