The Russian Revolution


 
 
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The Russian Revolution

Condition in Russia on the eve of the Russian revolution:

  • Russia was ruled by Tsar Nicholas IT.
  • About 85 percent of the Russian population was engaged in agricultural activities. Industries were located only at few places such as St Petersburg  and Moscow. It was in the 1890s that many industries began to be set up in Russia.
  • Sometimes, the workers had to work for 15 hours at low wages. Workers in Russia came from different backgrounds. The workers formed unions and declared strikes whenever the working condition in the factories deteriorated.
  • Most of the lands in Russia belonged to the nobility and the church.Russian peasants had no respect for the nobility and wanted the lands of the nobles to be given to them.
  • The Russian Social Democratic workers party was founded in 1898 by the socialists. However , because political parties were illegal in Russia , the party had to work as an illegal organization.
  • The socialist Revolutionary party was formed im1900 which struggle for the rights of the peasants. The social democrats diffrent from social revolutionary party on the issue of farmers. The latter under Lenin believed that peasants cannot be part of the socialist movement as some peasants were poor, some were rich and some even employed workers on their field.
  • Under such circumstances , the TSAR allowed the creation of an elected parliament called Duma. He however tried to control the Duma.
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