chapter nine Flashcards
who the swelling urban population of the 1910s mostly consist of
peasants looking for work/seasonal work in the cities
what ratio of people in st petersburg were peasants by birth in 1914
3 out of 4 (75%)
living conditions in the cities for workers
borderline unlivable
how many urban people died of cholera in 1908-9
30,000
when was the industrial depression (when living conditions and economic conditions were at their worst)
1900-1908
what was the average inflation rate around 1914
40%
workers legislations 1890s-1910s
1892; employment of children under 12 and female labour banned from mines
1897; hours of work reduced to 11.5
1912; sickness and accident insurance for workers
investment in railways versus education
railways > education
percentage of children in full time education by 1914
55%
lena goldfields massacre
1912
group of miners striked in siberia
bolsheviks helped the spread of these activities
after arrests; an attempt of presenting a petition led to a shooting from the authorities
500 were killed or injured
set off wave of sympathy throughout sibera
conditions for rural peasants
rural poverty was still widespread and common
changes in the peasant class
growing more distanced and divided with the separation of wealthier peasants and kulaks versus the average or poor peasantry
illiteracy rate of 1914 for peasants
60%
morality rates in russia compared to any other european country
very high
how russias taxation system bred inequality
didnt have any sort of redistribution tax
