Workers

Question 1

Employment law introduced by Alex III in 1884?

Answer 1

Night work for women and children forbidden in the textile industry

Question 2

Employment law introduced by Alex III in 1887?

Answer 2

Maximum working day of 11.5 hours

Question 3

When were the St Petersburg cotton mill strikes?

Answer 3

1878/79

Question 4

When were Trade Unions legalised?

Answer 4

1905

Question 5

When was the strike in Petrograd?

Answer 5

February 1921

Question 6

Living conditions for workers in Tsarist period?

Answer 6

Barrack like dorms
Alcoholism
Declining real wages
No access to consumer goods
Long working hours
Harsh discipline

Question 7

When was the Lena Goldfields massacre?

Answer 7

April 1912

Question 8

Working conditions under Lenin?

Answer 8

Shortage of food and consumer goods
Cheka crushed resistance
Declining real wages 
Long working hours due to war
Low play
Harsher discipline than under Tsars

Question 9

What employment laws were introduced by Alex III in 1882?

Answer 9

Employment of children under 12 made illegal.

Maximum 8 hour working day for 12-15 year olds.

Question 10

NEP impact on workers

Answer 10

U/e high
Harsh conditions in factories with low wages
No workers control 
Weakened powers of TU
Strikes discouraged

Question 11

Wages in 1918?

Answer 11

1/4 of 1913 level

Question 12

Wages during Civil War?

Answer 12

10% of 1913 level

Question 13

1917

Answer 13

Decree on Workers Control - legalised what had already occurred
People’s Courts set up