Russias stability in 1914

• Political stability -

  Evidence of improvement

  • Relatively stable
  • Dumas had appeased peoples demands
  • Reduced authority of the dumas reduced threat to tsar
  • More radical groups lacked support to pose threat (leaders exiled)
• Political stability- evidence of no improvement

  • Liberals disappointed in dumas has failed to deliver the promises laid out in the October manifesto
• Political - judgement on improvement

  • Dumas established
  • Threat reduced
  • No repeat of 1905 revolution
  • People appeased but Tsar still had full control (fundamental laws & disbanding of dumas)
• Economic stability- evidence of improvement

  • Grown at average rate of 3.5%
  • Agricultural production increased wager on strong worked
  • Railway system developed
• Economic stability - no improvement

  • Sluggish levels of growth compared to western Europe
  • Low levels of industrial productivity
  • Lack of investment in modern technology
  • Peasants left land for urbanisation area
• Social stability- improvement

  • Urbanisation occurred rapidly
• Social stability- evidence of no improvement

  • Population increase added pressure on agriculture to produce more food
  • Poor conditions in urban areas 200/1000 towns had piped water. Only 38 had sewage systems
  • Diseases such a cholera rampant 10k deaths in St petersburg in 1910
  • Rising working class consciousness e.g lena strike 1912