class divisions

Question 1

what were the four different class divisions in russia?

Answer 1

-the ruling class
-nobility
-middle class
-the working class
-peasants

Question 2

explain nobility?

Answer 2

12% of population
-wealthy land owners
-high ranks of orthodox church
-civil servants and the military
-kept law and order in the countryside

Question 3

explain middle class?

Answer 3

1.5% of population
-professionals
-doctors
-lawyers
-teachers
-businessmen
-skilled workers
-factory owners
-grew in mubers from 1890 onwards ,increasingly wealthy ,
often educated

Question 4

explain the working class?

Answer 4

4% of population
-factory workers
-ordinary soliers and sailors
-poor wages
-dangerous working conditions
-long hours
-poor quality housing and sanatation leading to illness

Question 5

explain the peasants?

Answer 5

82% of the population
-exrermely poor
-awlays at risk of famine and starvation
-difficulties owning land
-high taxes and rent

Question 6

explain the ruling class?

Answer 6

0.5% of the population
-tsar and the royal family,priviliged and owned a lot of land