examine the russian society under tsar making it different from other european country? (3 marks)
grade 9 history
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By the middle of the 19th century, responsible governance had been established in major states of Europe, but there was lack of representative institution in Russia. Russian Dwuma was of no significance in terms of autocratic and voluntary monarch
Officers and employees lacked administrative capacity. Corruption was at the peak due to his disqualification. Citizens did not have the right to speech, write and organize. There were strict restrictions on newspapers and educational institutions.
Russian society was divided into two classes
1. The privileged class
2 classes without privileged.
Most of the state's land and administrative positions were occupied by the privilege class. The laborers and the peasants were living very weak and pathetic life. One-third of the farmers were landless. 30000 landowners had 7 million dessutin land. In contrast, 1.5 million people had only 75 million dessutin land. In this way class struggle was born in the masses, who wanted to change radically.
The Russian society under Tsar was strongly hierarchical.
There was typical social and religious values Tsarist political structures, rules regarding land ownership and the country's legal code that reinforced its social hierarchy, status and defining positions.
It also had restrictions in social mobility for movement among classes.
The social structure of the country was usually shown and derided in visual propaganda like there are several versions of the ‘Russian wedding cake’.
The Russian society had a feudal pyramid where the upper classes kept the working masses and labour class under check with threats of violence, religion or work.