WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Peasants. Peasants-Around 82% of the population were peasants who lived in the countryside.

Detailed explanation-2: -Before 1905, most of the rapidly growing Russian population was in poverty-over 80% were peasants. In 1905, the population had increased by 27 million since 1885, which led to a serious problem; the growing demand for peasant landholdings could not be met.

Detailed explanation-3: -By 1900 around 85 per cent of the Russian people lived in the countryside and earned their living from agriculture. The nobility still owned the best land and the vast majority of peasants lived in extreme poverty.

Detailed explanation-4: -Compared to Western Europe, the Russian Empire was politically, economically and socially backwards. There was little industry and the vast majority of the population were peasant farmers. They worked in an agricultural system that had changed little since the Middle Ages. Most of the population were illiterate.

Detailed explanation-5: -At the beginning of the 19th century, much of Russia was still stuck in an impoverished, somewhat feudal state. They still had the equivalent of lords and vassals who controlled land, and there wasn’t a more developed political system or type of government in place yet.