social divisions for middle class and nobility between 1894 and 1914
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- social divisions between 1894 and 1914
- middle class
- emerged from economic changes from industrialisation
- evidence of some social mobility
- sons of nobles began to carve out a path in business
- small amount of peasants able to work up through middle management
- might be lucky to own a small business within a generation
- evidence of some social mobility
- grew as industrialisation progressed
- management and professional positions became more in demand to facilitate increasingly complex industrialising society
- growth in education and demand for more administrators
- number of doctors increased from 17,000 to 28,000 between 1897 and 1914
- number of graduate teachers doubled between 1906 and 1914 to nearly 20,000
- found a natural fit in zemstva and in Dumas (town and state)
- able to exert an influence beyond actual numbers
- association of industry and trade established in 1906 as a political lobbying group
- dominated by professionals rather than nobility
- association of industry and trade established in 1906 as a political lobbying group
- able to exert an influence beyond actual numbers
- emerged from economic changes from industrialisation
- nobility
- many weathered the effects of emancipation and prospered from the changes
- some involved themselves in the investment and speculation opportunities
- these came with industrialisation and prospered through these developments
- others retained their influence and social standing
- done through connections to the government and military
- some involved themselves in the investment and speculation opportunities
- some failed to adapt to the changing situation in Russia
- resulted in some going into debt and losing positions
- approximately 1/3 of land was transferred to peasants between 1861 and 1905
- resulted in some going into debt and losing positions
- no attempts at redistributive tax
- Nicky II was keen for traditional power and influence of nobles to remain unchanged throughout modernisation attempts
- nobility retained position in local government
- strongly resisted any changes affecting their social standing
- many weathered the effects of emancipation and prospered from the changes
- middle class
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