describe the economic conditions of Russia before 1905
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Economic conditions in Russia before 1905:-
1. In the 1890 industrialisation in Russia began and developed at a fairly fast rate. The foreign capitalists invested large sums of money in different industries to amass huge profits. The foreign investors were more interested in earning profits then improving the condition of the workers.
2. Even the Russian industrialists exploited the workers and paid them extremely low wages. The workers had no political rights. The conditions of the workers in Russia were very miserable they were forced to lead a wretched life . Hence the worker were extremely unhappy and dissatisfied with the prevalent and conditions.
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1. The social, economic and political conditions in Russia, before 1905 was quite backward.
Social inequality was very prominent among the working class.
2. Workers were divided on the basis of their occupation. Workers whose jobs needed skill and training considered themselves on a higher plane than the untrained worker. Workers had strong links to the villages they came from and this also caused a social divide among workers.
3. Economically Russia was going through a very difficult period. The population had doubled and the economic conditions turned from bad to worse.
4. The government introduced new programmes of industrialization which created employment . This Industrialization did not help the workers who were exploited and their living condition only worsened.
5. Compared to other European nations, Russia was politically backward, during the thirteenth century. All political parties were illegal in Russia before 1914. The Russian peasants formed the Socialist Revolutionary Party in 1900, but as they were not a united group they were not considered to be part of a socialist movement.....