why were the peasants and town workers discontented

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  • Created by: Noah bass
  • Created on: 11-04-17 11:43
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  • Discontent Between workers and Peasants
    • Peasants
      • Terrible conditions= worked in industry
      • Poorest groups
        • Angry at nobles, aristocracy and life style
          • Peasants had to work on noble estates
            • A lot of peasants= competition for jobs=bad pay
        • 4/5 Russians 1917
        • Poor condtions
          • Rye bread, porridge and soup
            • Starvation and disease
    • Town workers
      • Most rapidly increasing group in towns and cities
      • Lived in overcrowding slums
        • Earned low wages/long hours of work
          • Forbidden to form trade unions
            • Protests and strikes crashed by police and army
        • Ate cheap black bread, cabbage soup and porridge

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