the urban working class

Question 1

the expansion of industry was accompanies by?

Answer 1

a growth in the urban population

Question 2

the number of urban workers still very small in this period , how many?

Answer 2

probably no more than 2% of the population

Question 3

what was common?

Answer 3

for peasants to move to the towns to work temporarily, return to villages to help out at peak times .eg harvest

Question 4

by 1864

Answer 4

1 in 3 inhabitants of st petersburg were peasants by birth , proportion continued to rise

Question 5

conditions in the cities

Answer 5

• grim
  -early factories paid little care to workers welfare, despite some reforming legislation

Question 6

in 1882-90

Answer 6

there were a series of reforms- regulation of child labour, a reduction in working hours (esp hours worked by women at night)
reduction in excessive fines and payment in kind(payment in goods and services e.g accommodation than money wages)
-appointment of inspectors with powers to check up on working + living conditions

Question 7

these new reforms (1882-90)

Answer 7

contributed very little towards improving the lives of the growing working class

Question 8

peasants attracted by the prospect of regular wages, but?

Answer 8

payments were rarely generous
-relentless drive from countryside to city

Question 9

although they were illegal, how many strikes were there per year between 1886 and 1894?

Answer 9

33 strikes per year