Condition of farmers before Russian Revolution :
- In spite of being an agricultural country the condition of Russian farmers was miserable.
- Big landlords had 1800 lac acres of land while more than one million farmers had only 1900 lac acres land.
- One third of the farmer were landless. These landless farmers worked on the fields of landlords.
- Farmers had to pay many types of taxes due to which their financial condition became more miserable.
- No changes occurred in the miserable condition of farmers by the law made for peasants.
- Farmers demanded for land tax reduction and facilities which was rejected.
- A conference of farmers’ representatives was held in Moscow in 1905. Then Russian Farmer’s Union was established.
- Farmers had to be given right to separate his land from ‘Commune’ by the law of 1906.
- But landless farmers did not get any profit by this law. As a result farmers became opponents of the administration.
Condition of Workers before Russian revolution :
- Due to industrilization industries developed in Russia.
- Landless farmers reached to get employment at the urban centres.
- Capitalists and Industrialists exploited these farmers greatly.
- Due to Harsh survival conditions and low wages the condition of workers became worse.
- After 1885, some laws were made for workers but the workers did not get any profit.
- The policies of administration were also in favour of industrialists.
- By taking advantage of this situation Socialist party propagated socialist principles among workers.
- From 1902-03 the strikes of workers began.
- Workers wanted to establish the rule of proletariat class and remove capitalism and Czarist rule.
- From here Russian revolution began to gain momentum and Czar’s rule came to end.
