Living and working conditions under the Tsars- rural and urban housing Flashcards
What parentage of Russia lived in towns and cities by end of 19th century compared to Britain?
15% compared to 80%
How many cities had a population bigger than 100,000
St Petersburg and Moscow.
What was housing generally like under Tsars?
-erected quick and cheaply
-inadequate drainage and insanitary.
-overcrowding
What did the insanitary conditions often lead to under the Tsars?
-Chlorea.
What percentage of Russians drank heavily by their 17th birthday?
93%
How many towns containing how may buildings in 1914?
-1000 towns
-2M buildings.
Out of the 1000 towns how many had electricity?
-73
Out of the 1000 towns how many had piped water?
-200
How many Cholera deaths in 1910?
100,000
How were conditions improved in 1911 under Nicholas II?
-sewage system
-chlorea provoked reform/
Why were workers barracks built?
-factories on edge of cities
What were the conditions of workers barracks like?
-overcrowded
-skilled workers better off because they could rent private rooms.
What did the average house for a peasant look like? (also under communists mostly)
-one wooden hut heated by an oven which served as a sleeping platform
-overcrowded
-animals in the hut
-cold, damp and grubby
What is the only upside to peasant housing?
-cheap to construct
-had control
