Describe any three changes that took place in  the year of 1904 in Russia.

Answer:

Points to remember

Three changes that took place in Russia in the year 1904:

  • The prices of essential goods rose so quickly that real wages declined by 20 per cent.
  • The membership of workers’ associations rose dramatically.
  • Four members of the Assembly of Russian Workers were dismissed at the Putilov Iron Works.
  • Resulted in a strike by 110,000 workers in St. Petersburg.

Answer to be written

Three changes that took place in Russia in the year 1904:

  • The year 1904 was a particularly bad one for Russian workers because the prices of essential goods rose so quickly that real wages declined by 20 per cent.  
  • The membership of workers’ associations rose dramatically.
  • When four members of the Assembly of Russian Workers , which had been formed in 1904 , were dismissed at the Putilov Iron Works , there was a call for industrial action .
  • Over the next few days, over 110,000 workers in St Petersburg went on strike demanding a reduction in the working day to eight hours , an increase in wages and an improvement in working conditions .
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