3. The Russian Empire in 1914
Tsar
Nicholas
II It included current day
–
Finland
Latvia
ruled
Russia
1914
Latvia
Lithuania
Estonia
Parts of Poland
Ukraine
Belarus, also
Central Asia States like
Georgia
Armenia
Azerbaijan
Catholics
Protestants
Muslims
Buddhists
7. Beginning of 20th
Agriculture
• 85% population earned
their living from
agriculture
• Higher than other
European countries like
Industry
• Found in few areas like
St. Petersburg and
Moscow.
• Attracted craft
workshops andBeginning of 20th
century -
European countries like
France and Germany
• Major exporter of grain.
workshops and
factories since 1890s
• Railway Network
extended
• Increased foreign
investment
• Coal production - *2
• Iron and Steel - *4
8. WHO HAD CONTROL OVER INDUSTRIES
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Industrialists
Accomodation
varied from
rooms to
dormitories
Rules were being
broken, working
hours increased
upto 15 as
compared with
10-12hrs
Government used
to supervise –
minimum wages
and working hours
12. Land
Nobility
• Peasants cultivated but
still land belonged to
Nobles, the Crown and
the Church
• Peasants had no respect
• Nobles got power
because they servedNobility
Demand
because they served
Tsar
• Peasants demanded
lands of Nobles
• Removal of rents