11 - The Impact Of Industrialisation Flashcards
What did industrialisation help strengthen in Russia? What did it bring about?
Economy
Changes
What new emerson proved detrimental to the Tsarist regime?
Middle and urban working class
What middle class occupations became more prominent in society? Where did many of these people play a role?
Owners, managers, traders and professionals
Zemstva
What was lacking in the middle class that made them opponents to Tsarism? When was this finally established?
Elected national assembly
1906
How did the urban population increase from 1867-1917? Approximately how much of the population were factory workers?
7 to 28 million
10%
What did the urban working class suffer from? What rates were high?
Appalling working and living conditions
Mortality rates
Where did some of the urban working class rent rooms? Where else were they accommodated?
Overcrowded blocks
Barracks
How many rented houses in St Petersburg had no running water? How was sewage collected?
40%
Handcarts
What could employers do due to limited regulation? What did this fail to keep pace with?
Pay minimum wage
Inflation
By 1914, how much of the workforce was compromised by women?
20%
When did an industrial depression hit?
1900-1908
What was officially banned before 1905? How did some strikes take place?
Strikes
Illegally and violently
What 2 provisions were improved by 1914? What did every change lead to?
Education and social welfare
More demand for change
What law was introduced in 1885 which restricted work?
Night-time work was only allowed for men
What legal document had to be drawn up by law in 1886?
Contracts of employment
