Explain How Far Do You Agree That The Peasants Was The Cause Of The 1905 Revolution
How far do you agree that the condition of the peasants was the cause of the 1905 revolution?
By Samantha Whiting
Introduction
The Russian revolution was sparked of by a number of factors social, economical, political. I believe some of these factors were the root cause and some were contributors I believe they all contributed in their own ways and some contributed more than others and leading to a potential revolution in Russia. Russia had a weak economy, the primary sources of income for the country were mining, coal production, oil and farming.
There was increased food shortages in towns this meant an increase in price of food, there was also a decrease in wages this led to poverty and starvation within the proletariat and peasant classes. Russia was in a state of unrest, the desire for revolution was not prominent through all the classes however.
The peasants in the beginning where not so much interested in overthrowing the Tsar as they were in filling their stomachs and the working classes wanted better living and working conditions hardly a reason to overthrow the Tsar which leads to the question was the 1905 revolution really a revolution or a cry for help ? In this essay I will discuss the long-term, short term causes and trigger factors of the …show more content…
In St. Petersburg the workers set up a Soviets’ in the Technical Institute with Trotsky as the Chairman. The committee dominated by the intelligentsia soon gained more power than the government, it began coordinating with Soviets in other cities for the first time the Tsarist regime was facing united and powerful opposition. The employers began to support this opposition and paid their workers half pay. By mid-October the unrest had spread to the heart of authority, when officials’ employed by the treasury and ministries went on strike along with the state
By Samantha Whiting
Introduction
The Russian revolution was sparked of by a number of factors social, economical, political. I believe some of these factors were the root cause and some were contributors I believe they all contributed in their own ways and some contributed more than others and leading to a potential revolution in Russia. Russia had a weak economy, the primary sources of income for the country were mining, coal production, oil and farming.
There was increased food shortages in towns this meant an increase in price of food, there was also a decrease in wages this led to poverty and starvation within the proletariat and peasant classes. Russia was in a state of unrest, the desire for revolution was not prominent through all the classes however.
The peasants in the beginning where not so much interested in overthrowing the Tsar as they were in filling their stomachs and the working classes wanted better living and working conditions hardly a reason to overthrow the Tsar which leads to the question was the 1905 revolution really a revolution or a cry for help ? In this essay I will discuss the long-term, short term causes and trigger factors of the …show more content…
In St. Petersburg the workers set up a Soviets’ in the Technical Institute with Trotsky as the Chairman. The committee dominated by the intelligentsia soon gained more power than the government, it began coordinating with Soviets in other cities for the first time the Tsarist regime was facing united and powerful opposition. The employers began to support this opposition and paid their workers half pay. By mid-October the unrest had spread to the heart of authority, when officials’ employed by the treasury and ministries went on strike along with the state