"Was life better for the Russian's by 1914 compared to 1900?"

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"Was life better for the Russian's by 1914 compared to 1900?"

* The Duma: It allowed freedom of speech and other political parties which the people never had before but its debatable whether there was actually any use for it. The first two were dismissed straight away because they disagreed with the Tsar. Although it was the Duma that was responsible for developing the schemes of national insurance for industrial workers which was something that they had needed for a long time. So in that respect they were useful in changing a few things in the people's lives.

* Industry had changed a great deal since the 1900's as well. Mainly because there was an industrial revolution!

* Industrial developments: Stolypin's main concern was the peasants but he didn't neglect the Russian's industrial development. From 1908 onwards there was a substantial growth in coal, iron and steel industries. In 1914 Russia was still deficient in provision of roads and railways. Although the increase in industry had created more jobs and there were few signs of unrest in the period 1908-1914. Unlike in the 1900's were it would be normal to have riots and strikes among