NII

• NII relaxes his father's strict censorship rules and censorship reversed to post-publication. Publications grew in number, including a 3x increase in the number of periodicals (10 000 books published by 1894)
• The early 20th century was known as the silver age of Russian culture, including plays and novels by Chekhov and music by Tchaikovsky
• Political publications also grew in number, including the émigré publication 'Liberation' which was critical of the government
• Political publications also grew in number, including the émigré publication 'Liberation' which was critical of the government
• Limitation: after the 1905 revolution censorship was lifted but reimposed by 1906
• Political parties were legal and reports of Duma proceedings were published
• Workers newspapers appeared like the Kopek newspaper
• Short stories and plays by Chekhov and Maxim Gorky commented on social problems and Political corruption
• Short stories and plays by Chekhov and Maxim Gorky commented on social problems and Political corruption
• After 1905, the right to strike became legal, when unions were legalised. However, the power of unions diminished after 1906 and strikes were brutally curshed eg the Lena Goldfields massacre
• During WWI, the freedom of men was limited by conscription