Question

what were the social, economic and political conditions in Russia before 1905? Give answer in points for all three. (5 marks)​

Answer 1

Answer:

The social, economic and political conditions in Russia, before 1905 was quite backward.

Russian society:

• Social inequality was very prominent among the working class.
• 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.

Russian economy:

• Economically Russia was going through a very difficult period.
• The population had doubled and the economic conditions turned from bad to worse.
• 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.

Political conditions:

• 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.