Workers / nobles / middle class 1855-1905

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Created on: 11-05-19 15:01

explain positive changes

could now receive wages in towns, 1886 - contracts for employment, 1897 - hours reduced to 11.5 per day, Bunge - factory inspectorate

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explain negative changes to lives

eco conditions meant mass of desperate workers, inefficiency of food distribution - provided for military over civilians, bread rationing, housing issues and insanitary conditions

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explain negatives of industrialisation

failed to produce consumer goods to content population, discontented workers - harsh labour discipline, 33 strike actions per year 1888-94, 40% of rented houses In St. P had no running water, minimal wages and long hours

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explain positive impact on nobles

gained position in government, sons entered the industry/business world which developed - 1882 700 nobles opened business in Moscow, nobles poorer to emancipation

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explain positive impact on landowners / middle class

landowners retained best land after emancipation, middle class bureaucratic positions in gov, MC liberals entered Zemstva, factory and workshop owners did well from industrialisation

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explain negative impacts

landowners lost land due to emancipation, middle classes critical of autocracy due to lack of political representation, opposition leaders frequently came from professional classes - Lenin, chernov

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explain general improvements to society

educational reforms - freethinking at a university level, legal reforms provided fair justice - jury, defence lawyer, reform of local gov - freedom to elect own representatives

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explain general negative impact

censorship restrained in later years and secret police no freedom for dissident thought, no freedom extended to Zemstva - low eco growth and living standards remained low, industrial change created growing middle class anxious for rights and influenc

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eco conditions meant mass of desperate workers, inefficiency of food distribution - provided for military over civilians, bread rationing, housing issues and insanitary conditions

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explain negatives of industrialisation

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