Explain the economic condition of the workers before the Russian Revolution.
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Socio-economic condition of Russia before the Revolution of 1905: (i) About 85 percent of the Russian population earned their living from agriculture. (ii) Industry was found in pockets and craftsman took much of the production. (iii) Most industries were the private property of industrialists.....
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a.. The Czarist regime was completely insensitive to the plight of the common people.
b. Industrialisation started very late in Russia, it was primarily an agrarian economy, women, men , children were employed in factories.
c. Women were paid less as compared with their male counterparts.
d. Most industries were privately owned, with pathetic working conditions that made workers suffer.
e. The workers were given low wages, had to work under terrible conditions and for long hours.
f. Workers stayed in rooms and dormitories.
g. They were also divided into different social groups as per their skills,
h. The Russian society was also characterised by unemployment when demand of industrial goods diminished.