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Socialism In Europe And The Russia

Question
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State the demands of the people of Russia which caused the downfall of the Czar.

Solution

The most important demands of the people in Russia, were four-folds: peace, land to the tiller, control of industry by workers and equal states for the non-slaves as described below:

1. Corruption in the state resulted in great suffering among the people. Feudalism formed the basis of Russian agriculture. Land hunger of peasant formed a major problem. The peasants demanded land to the tillers.

2. The condition of workers in Russia was very miserable. They were forced to lead a wretched life. They demanded control of industries by workers.

3. The Russian army suffered heavy reverses due to mismanagement of the government. The rising prices of food and clothes added hardship to the poorer classes. They demanded peace.

4. Non-Slav subjects of the empire demanded equal status but the Russian autocracy supported the Pan-Slavist idea.