The causes of the Russain Revolution of 1905

84% of the Russian population lived as peasants. They were by far the largest group in the country but they were also the poorest. These peasants were also very dissatisfied with their living conditions and how land was divided up. Their basic diet was also unsatisfactory. When the harvest was good food was also good. However there was very little meat to be had as the peasants lived mainly on grain. This lead to people relying heavily on their crops and in 1891 400,000 people died when crop failure coupled with cholera hit the countryside. The life expectancy was also low.

The main problem however was land as there was simply not enough to go around. Many peasants were given loans by the government to buy some land off of previous employers. However the size of land that they received was often

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