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  Describe the conditions of the workers under Tsar in Russia?    Or Describe any three points regarding the condition of workers in Russia in the beginning of the 20th century. Or Explain the condition of workers in Russia before 1917.        

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                  In Russia, the nobility, the crown and Orthodox Church owned large landed properties. (i) Unlike the peasants of France, the Russian peasants did not have any respect for the nobles. (ii) In Russia, the peasants wanted the land of the nobles and sometimes they refused to pay rent. Even the peasants murdered the landlords. (iii) In 1902, peasant agitation occurred on a large scale in South Russia and in 1905 it spread all over Russia. (iv) Russian peasants were different from the other European peasants. Sometimes they pooled their land together. (v) Peasants established commune (mir) which divided the land according to the needs of the individual family.