developments in working and living conditions in towns
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- Created on: 31-05-21 12:12
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- developments in working and living conditions in towns
- population quadrupled between 1867 and 1917
- peasants arrived to seek work in the new factories and workshops
- 3/4 of the population in St Petersburg were peasants by birth by 1914
- half of St Petersburg's population had arrived in the previous 20 years
- conditions in the towns
- workers often lived in barrack-like buildings provided by factory-owners
- dangerously overcrowded
- lacked sanitation
- privately rented accommodation was little better
- high rents
- some people slept in the factories
- some people slept on the streets
- wages varied
- generally failed to keep pace with inflation
- women were especially poorly paid
- workers often lived in barrack-like buildings provided by factory-owners
- decrees to improve conditions between 1885 and 1912
- reduce working hours
- enforce the use of contracts
- ban the employment of children under 12
- provide sickness and accident insurance
- increase educational provision
- political discontent in towns
- easily spread
- strike activity was rare before and immediately after the events of 1905
- escalated again in 1912
- over 3,000 stoppages in 1914
- government repressed activities violently
- population quadrupled between 1867 and 1917
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