Economy and Society

Question 1

How many peasants migrated to Siberia following the construction of the trans Siberian railway?

Answer 1

750,000

Question 2

How much did the urban population increase from 1867-1917?

Answer 2

7-28 million

Question 3

How much did bread and cheese prices increase?

Answer 3

Bread 300%
Cheese 754%

Question 4

How many people shared an apartment under NII?

Answer 4

16

Question 5

What percentage of houses had no sewage under NII?

Answer 5

40%

Question 6

How many people died of cholera in this period?

Answer 6

30,000

Question 7

What percentage of numbers of pupils grew under NII?

Answer 7

85%

Question 8

How much did the industrial wage increase?

Answer 8

245 to 264 roubles per month
Not proportional to the increase of the cost of living

Question 9

How much did the number of factory workers increase 1900-1913?

Answer 9

2 million to 6 million

Question 10

How much did the literacy rate increase?

Answer 10

30->40%

Question 11

What fraction of the population was still peasantry under Nicholas ?

Answer 11

4/5