Social Developments To 1914

Question 1

Between 1867 and 1917 how much had the urban population increased

Answer 1

Increased by 21 million

Question 2

What happened to the number of people working in factories

Answer 2

3x

Question 3

What was the issue with the increased urban population

Answer 3

Wasn’t enough accommodation
Many in barrack like accommodation
Ate in communal canteens
Washed in communal bath houses

Question 4

How many houses had running water or sewage

Answer 4

Less than half

Question 5

How many people died of cholera in St Petersburg 1908-09

Answer 5

30,000

Question 6

What percentage of people in St Petersburg and Moscow were peasant born

Answer 6

About 75%

Question 7

1 in how many women were in the workforce in 1885 and 1914

Answer 7

1 in 5 in 1885
1 in 3 in 1914

Question 8

On average what percentage were women earning less then men

Answer 8

50% less then men

Question 9

When was there an economic depression

Answer 9

1900-08

Question 10

What was inflation between 1900-08

Answer 10

40%

Wages didn’t keep up

Question 11

Workers legalisation - 1885

Answer 11

No night time employment of women and children

Question 12

Workers legalisation - 1886

Answer 12

Enforcement of contracts overseen by factory boards

Question 13

Workers legalisation - 1892

Answer 13

No women and children in mines

Question 14

Workers legalisation - 1897

Answer 14

Working hours limited to 11.5 hours a day

Question 15

Workers legalisation - 1903

Answer 15

More effective factory inspections

Question 16

Workers legalisation - 1912

Answer 16

Sickness and accident insurance for workers

Question 17

How many strikes were there in 1914

Answer 17

Over 3,500

Question 18

What did most workers want

Answer 18

Better pay and conditions

Question 19

Example of worker unrest

Answer 19

Lena Goldfield Massacre

Question 20

What food where the workers at Lena Goldfield given

Answer 20

Gone-off horse meat

Question 21

In the two years after the Lena Goldfield Massacre how many workers went on strike

Answer 21

3 million workers

Question 22

What percentage of land was still being strip farmed

Answer 22

90%

Question 23

How many migrated to Siberia

Answer 23

3.5 million

Question 24

What percentage of the population was illiterate

Answer 24

Over half

Question 25

How much noble land was lost to peasants

Answer 25

About 1/3

Question 26

What did nobles continue to dominate

Answer 26

Political office

Still top of Russian society

Question 27

The demand for what jobs increased

Answer 27

Managers
Civil engineers
Teachers
Doctors

Question 28

In 1914 how many doctors were there and how many teacher

Answer 28

28,000 doctors
20,000 teachers

Question 29

What percentage of university students were women in 1914

Answer 29

45%

Question 30

What opened in 1908? What did it campaign for?

Answer 30

The First All-Russian Congress of Women

Campaigned for women’s votes

Question 31

What was primary education spending in 1896 compared to 1914

Answer 31

1896 - 5 million roubles
1914 - 82 million roubles

Question 32

What percentage of 8-11 year olds were receiving primary education in 1911

Answer 32

44%

Question 33

How many university places were there in 1914 compared to 1860

Answer 33

1914 - 69,000
1860 - 5,000

Question 34

Key writers examples

Answer 34

Chekhov
Tolstoy
Dostoevsky

Question 35

What did the relaxation result in

Answer 35

The ‘silver age’ of Russian culture