Question

What do you know about the conditions of the workers in Russia before the revolution?

Answer 1

The Conditions of the Working Class

Typical engineering workshop, Moscow, 1890s

Forced off the land, millions of peasants came into the towns, or worked in rural factories and mines. In the last half-century of the old regime the Empire's urban population grew from 7 to 28 million people.

Factory conditions were terrible. According to Count Witte, the Finance Minister in charge of Russia's industrialization until 1905, the worker 'raised on the frugal habits of rural life' was 'much more easily satisfied' than his counterpart in Europe or North America, so that 'low wages appeared as a fortunate gift to Russian enterprise'.

Answer 2

Answer: the condition of russian workers before the russian revolution was not good at all because-

1. long working hours
2. less wages
3. had to live in dormitories
4. stayed away from family
5. they were socially divided
6. no respect for nobility
7. metal workers assumed themselves superior than other workers