Question 2 - Past Year Questions - 3 Marks - Chapter 2 Class 9 History - Socialism in Europe & Russian Revolution - History

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

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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 .