what were the features of Russian economy at the beginning of 20th century
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beginning of the 20th century, a vast majority of the Russian population were agriculturists. About 85 percent of the population in Russia was dependent on agriculture for their livelihood. Industry existed in pockets in Russia.
2. St. Peters berg and Moscow were prominent industrial areas. Much of the production was undertaken by the craftsmen.
3. Many factories grew up in Russia with the expansion of the railway networks and a increase in foreign investment in the industrial sector.
4. Industries were mainly under private ownership. Government only supervised large factories to ensure minimum wages and to fix the hours of work for the labourers. There was a strong unity among the factory workers who sometimes resorted to strike.
Condition of Society
1. The Russian society was divided into privileged and non- privileged class. The crown, the Church and the nobility were the privileged class who owned large properties. The peasants led miserable lives.
2. They cultivated most of the land in the countryside. hey had to pay heavy rents to the landlords who exploited them severely. They frequently revolted against the nobles.
Political condition
1. So far as politics is concerned, all political parties were considered illegal in Russia. The socialist Democratic Workers party was the oldest party to be formed in 898 by socialists who supported the ideas of the great philosopher, Karl Marx.
2. It operated illegally by mobilising workers, organising strikes and setting up newspaper to spread socialist ideas.In the country side Socialist Revolutionary party came up in 1900. Its ideas did not match with the Democratic Party under Lenin .So both the parties split as Bolsheviks and Mensheviks.
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2. St. Peters berg and Moscow were prominent industrial areas. Much of the production was undertaken by the craftsmen.
3. Many factories grew up in Russia with the expansion of the railway networks and a increase in foreign investment in the industrial sector.
4. Industries were mainly under private ownership. Government only supervised large factories to ensure minimum wages and to fix the hours of work for the labourers. There was a strong unity among the factory workers who sometimes resorted to strike.
Condition of Society
1. The Russian society was divided into privileged and non- privileged class. The crown, the Church and the nobility were the privileged class who owned large properties. The peasants led miserable lives.
2. They cultivated most of the land in the countryside. hey had to pay heavy rents to the landlords who exploited them severely. They frequently revolted against the nobles.
Political condition
1. So far as politics is concerned, all political parties were considered illegal in Russia. The socialist Democratic Workers party was the oldest party to be formed in 898 by socialists who supported the ideas of the great philosopher, Karl Marx.
2. It operated illegally by mobilising workers, organising strikes and setting up newspaper to spread socialist ideas.In the country side Socialist Revolutionary party came up in 1900. Its ideas did not match with the Democratic Party under Lenin .So both the parties split as Bolsheviks and Mensheviks.
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